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echo: askacop
to: EARL NEWSOM
from: CHARLES HUNTER
date: 1998-04-27 09:09:00
subject: Legality of Commandeering

EN>The law in Texas requiring assistance when asked is not enforceable
  >since there is no penalty clause in it.  Failure to assist is against
  >the law but you can't be penalized.
Maybe, Earl; but if your refusal to do your duty (to assist) resulted
in injury or loss to a citizen or the officer you might have some large
CIVIL liability to deal with.
CHARLES HUNTER
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