In his most recent annual report, State Inspector General Robert Devlin asks a question: “Should a Tarasoff-type obligation to warn arise when a private citizen receives specific information that places police officers in imminent danger of serious injury?”

The asking of this question brings the concept of “if you see something, say something” to an entirely new level, because it is talking about possibly placing an affirmative obligation on all private citizens to warn of potentially violent conduct of another person that may pose a risk to those whose job it is to respond to such incidents.