Uh, what? How does this relate to the story? And why wouldn't you sue the PERP responsible for killing your relative?
I'm scratching my head on that one also. There may be some jurisdictions in the U.S. where one cannot sue a police department for wrongful death, but I sure ain't aware of any.
Many people think police are responsible (that is, have the legal duty) to protect them. They are wrong. There have been several cases where someone was in fear of her life, she called police, the police *promised* to come, but didn't, and she was killed. Relatives sued, and lost every time. Police have ZERO legal duty to protect anyone in the general public. But here, police are suing a vest maker, becuase somehow the vest maker has a legal duty to do something the police do not, namely, protect someone's life. It seems ironic - or even hypocritical - to me.