Opinion ID: 478301
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Police Conduct As Reflecting Established Policy of the City of Akron.

Text: 18 The decision of the Supreme Court in Monell v. NYC Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), stands for the proposition that a local government can be held liable under the theory of respondeat superior only 19 when execution of a government's policy or custom, whether made by its lawmakers or by those whose edicts or acts may fairly be said to represent official policy, inflicts the injury that the government as an entity is responsible under Sec. 1983. Id. at 694. 20 See also Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati, --- U.S. ----, 54 USLW 4289, (March 25, 1986). 21 Valenti argues that the edicts of appellee Captain Jerry Foys, supervisor of the Akron Police Department Detectives and Investigation subdivisions, represent the policy and custom of the Detective Bureau of the appellee City of Akron. Valenti contends that the city and its police department should be liable because of Foys' knowledge and approval of Overfield's alleged unconstitutional acts. However, construing the applicable portions of the record in the light most favorable to appellant, such knowledge on the part of Foys and acts by Overfield do not as a matter of law rise to the level of establishing any policy or custom of the Detective Bureau. Since appellant suggests no other basis for liability on the part of the City of Akron, we conclude that the entry of summary judgment on its behalf was not erroneous. 22 AFFIRMED.