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srothstein wrote:
... In this case, by accepting the assignment to the school, the sheriff's office and its employees developed a special relationship with an obligation to protect the victims...

I would like to think you are right, but I would not count on it. I found a footnote in one of David Kopel's writings that listed a bunch of SCOTUS decisions about the police's duty -- somewhere around 15 or so I think - and it seems the drew a very narrow window for "special relationship." The duty to protect has been attacked from numerous directions, and I don't think any have succeeded. I don't recall guarding a school being one of them, that might be one that falls in the special relationship category, but it was a long time ago. I will see if I can find that list and peruse it a bit. Though at heart I am pessimistic about these types of decisions.