Awakening
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Haven't the police said publicly that they don't believe that there is any risk to the public? Could they declare that if they have any suspicions that this is a random job and that there is some guy preying on joggers? Wouldn't there be some liability legally if another jogger goes missing next week because she thought there was no risk despite what happened to Sam because the police reassured her?
No, there’s no liability.
Police will tell you to always take precautions and be aware of your surroundings.
There are multiple attacks every day, often random but usually one offs. It’s rare to get a serial attacker.
The onus is on the individual to take responsibility for their own safety.
Otherwise police would be in the precarious position of constantly warning the public to the point it would lose all meaning.
Its complicated. Do police tell us about every attack and to avoid the area until it’s solved? Of course not.
Our freedoms would be severely restricted.
It can also lead to victim blaming or just people abusing women for taking a walk “because it’s not safe”.
I was 18 in WA at the time of the Claremont murders and that’s the only time I can remember police warning the public.
But even then we were not told not to go out, but to not walk alone or catch a taxi alone.