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Bill: Military Police Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Party
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 2099
Description[?]:
| To be used only in times of emergency. 1. Instructions for the military should be published either immediately or, if this is not possible, not more than 24 hours after orders are given. This ensures that the public is fully aware of the nature and extent of the military's authority in a given crisis. 2. The portions of the military that has been assigned to a domestic crisis should be subordinate to the ordinary civilian oversight (e.g., if augmenting police at a riot, they should be subordinate to the head of police. If replacing striking fire fighters, they should be subordinate to the head of the fire service). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:49:45, August 19, 2005 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Military Police Act |
| Message | A well-trained military can be of enormous support in crises of all kinds, e.g., riots or key service strikes by say, police, fire or health. However, it would be necessary to have strong safeguards in place. The simplest and most effective would probably be this: 1. Instructions for the military should be published either immediately or, if this is not possible, not more than 24 hours after orders are given. This ensures that the public is fully aware of the nature and extent of the military's authority in a given crisis. 2. The portions of the military that has been assigned to a domestic crisis should be subordinate to the ordinary civilian oversight (e.g., if augmenting police at a riot, they should be subordinate to the head of police. If replacing striking fire fighters, they should be subordinate to the head of the fire service). |
| Date | 08:41:03, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military Police Act |
| Message | We feel the military, in times of emergency, can be extremely effective backup for all other emergency services, but particularly the police force, and so we support this. However, we agree with the Liberty Party, there do need to be safeguards and the ones outlined by them seem appropriate. |
| Date | 02:55:20, August 20, 2005 CET | From | Radical Conservative Party | To | Debating the Military Police Act |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 23:15:58, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Equality Party Of Trigunia | To | Debating the Military Police Act |
| Message | We should be spending our money on better things then 007's. |
| Date | 23:18:20, August 20, 2005 CET | From | People's Equality Party Of Trigunia | To | Debating the Military Police Act |
| Message | Whoops, wrong bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 546 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 9 |
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