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QUESTIONS: 1. Does a law enforcement agency have the authority, obligation, or responsibility to dispatch an officer to "stand by" while a citizen retrieves personal property allegedly held by another? 2. Is the agency liable for negligence if it does not respond to calls of this nature? 3. What are the officer's legal rights if the spouse of the complainant requests that he leave the premises and the complainant requests that he stay, after the officer answers a family-dispute call, and is invited into the home by the complainant?

SUMMARY: A law enforcement agency has no obligation or…