Governments and police (from all over the world) have repeatedly asserted that police owe no specific duty of protection to any individual.[1]  What is truly remarkable is that so few people have realized this.  Most governments assert that they only have a duty to provide security for themselves and&#x2F;or &#x27;society&#x27;; leaving aside the fact that collective rights have a horrific history, this is purely self-preserving.[2][3]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warren_v._District_of_Columbia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warren_v._District_of_Columbia</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Individual_and_group_rights" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Individual_and_group_rights</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Union#Soviet_concept_of_human_rights_and_legal_system" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Uni...</a>