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I remember reading awhile back that they are not legally bound. If I can find that article again I will link it to you.
EDIT: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
Here is the court case
So clearly not always - though this wasn't an SC case so the applicability is limited. I wonder if the analysis changes if the police witness the crime first hand. If a cop sees someone being murdered does he have a duty to intervene or can he wait, for example, for backup?