CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Evid. Affected by Extrinsic Policies
.........Subsequent Remedial Conduct
............General Rule: Not Admissible
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Evidence of subsequent remedial or precautionary measures taken after event which would have tended to make event less likely to occur are inadmissible to prove negligence or culpable conduct re event.

Admissibility of subsequent remedial measures.

No abuse of discretion in excluding evidence, under EC 1151, that after an armed robbery, shopping center hired a security service and unarmed guard to patrol the common areas.

No abuse of discretion in excluding evidence that after D shot V due to claimed gun/taser confusion, BART changed its taser policy, suspending the use of tasers and instituting new requirements for taser handling.