Court Opinion

ID: 9741521
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:57:16.564905+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:24.509146
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GIVAN, Justice,
dissenting and concurring.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in that it holds that officers exercising custodial care over prisoners are not protected under the exception to the Tort Claims Act, Ind.Code § 34-4-16.5-3. I agree with the majority holding that the arresting officers in each case were protected by the immunity section of the statute. However, I agree with the Court of Appeals opinion in each case in their holding that maintaining custody over a prisoner in fact is law enforcement.
As far as the operation of the statute is concerned, I can discern no difference between arresting and detaining a person in the public sector or forcibly detaining that person in a jail facility following the arrest.
I would affirm the trial courts in both cases.