A promise to pay $1,000 a year to a local police officer to not have your store vandalized is legally unenforceable under the rule that makes performance of a pre-existing legal obligation legally insufficient consideration.

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This is because the police officer already has a pre-existing legal obligation to protect the store from vandalism as part of their duties, so the promise lacks new consideration.

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