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special relationship between the Plaintiff and the County which would impose a duty on the <br /> County for protection of the home of a third party. <br /> The failure of the police to provide protection is ordinarily not actionable. Freitas v. City <br /> and County of Honolulu, 58 Haw. 587, 590, 574 P.2d 529, 532 (1978) (citation omitted); see also <br /> Namauu v. City and County of Honolulu, 62 Haw. 358, 362, 614 P.2d 943, 946 (1980). The <br /> Hawaii Police Department and its officers have no generalized duty to protect members of the <br /> general public. Id. The police's official duty is to preserve the peace and enforce the laws. Id. <br /> An exception to this general rule is where police action has increased the risk of harm and there <br /> is negligence in providing protection against the enhanced danger. Id. In Freitas, the court <br /> recognized an exception to the foregoing rule where police action has increased the risk of harm <br /> and there is negligence in providing protection against the enhanced danger. Id; see also Ruf, <br /> 89 Hawaii at 322, 972 P.2d at 1088. <br /> Specifically, the evidence shows that the Police arrived at the home which was on fire <br /> prior to any firefighters' arrival. When they arrived, the Police asked Fire Dispatch what was the <br /> approximate time of the arrival of the Fire Department? Dispatch notified the Police that fire <br /> units were en route. The first unit to arrive was Engine 18 ("E 18") which arrived at 21:48:08 <br /> hours on August 1, 2006. (See Declaration of Ty A. Medeiros and Exhibit "E" attached hereto). <br /> This unit took efforts to extinguish the fire, assumed incident command as well as other actions. <br /> Additional engines and fire personnel arrived at 21:53:24 hours (Engine 05) ("E05"), 21:59:27 <br /> hours (Engine 10) ("E 10"), 21:59:28 hours (Medic 10) ("M 10"), with a tanker of water <br /> (Tanker 01) ('701") arriving from Hilo at 22:19:08 hours. Each of the engines assisted in the <br /> fire suppression as well as Salvage and overhaul. The Battalion Commander arrived at 21:57:19 <br /> hours and was also involved in incident command. (See Exhibit "F" attached hereto). The fire <br /> was controlled at approximately 2200 hours. <br /> 7 <br />