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Bill: Police Reforms of 2374
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Liberal Socialists
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2376
Description[?]:
| Recognising the duty of the government to all of its citizens, without exception, this bill will restrict the lethality of weapons our police may carry. In exceptional circumstances, teams trained and authorised to use lethal force may be deployed, but regular officers will not be expected or authorised to be lethally armed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:39:53, March 16, 2007 CET | From | Independent party | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | I dont like the idea of crimials being able to carry military-grade equipment and the police being killed because they cant fight them. |
| Date | 20:43:20, March 16, 2007 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | That is a fallacy. Very few, if any, RL police forces carry military weapons as a norm, and they hardly "can't fight" crime. |
| Date | 14:10:40, March 17, 2007 CET | From | Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | Not actually a fallacy, just an unsound (and maybe invalid) argument. |
| Date | 18:46:14, March 17, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Republican Party | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | This provides criminals with the ability to possess better weapons than police officers and harms Jakania's security. |
| Date | 04:24:51, March 18, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | So basically what the M.R.P. is saying is that they want a policeman to be able to patrol the streets with an AK-47? |
| Date | 17:01:47, March 18, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | I dont think the oppostion understands the term non-lethal. It means IT DOESNT KILL THEM. It stuns, incapacitate's them, knocks them out and the such. It doest mean that if they get hit with one, there going to be like "Ouch, I just got shot at with a non-lethal weapon" They will be on the ground, rolling around in pain. Understand terms before you start saying bad stuff |
| Date | 17:03:17, March 18, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | (also, what many people dont know, is that the police officers in the U.S.A, most of them carry non lethal weaponry, a bill like this also helps reduce civilian casulties) |
| Date | 17:17:55, March 18, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Police Reforms of 2374 |
| Message | Very well put by the U.D.J. We whole-heartedly agree with them on this. Many officers in the U.S. carry weapons loaded with blanks or bean bags that will do the job but will not kill the victim unless they are literally shot repeatedly in the head more than a few times over and over. This still allows Special Units to carry lethal weapons, but that is why they are specifically trained to due "special" duties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 324 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 69 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 87 |
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