It is arguable that police owe a duty of care when voluntarily providing police clearance certificates for employment purposes for a fee, as this function is discrete from core policing duties and the affected class is determinate. Novel duty of care claims against police should generally not be summarily dismissed where the factual matrix has not been fully developed. The DCR 232 summary judgment procedure is not suited to determining whether a common law duty of care exists in a novel category.
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