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Bill: Police Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2595
Description[?]:
| There is no need for police to carry military-grade weapons. |
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 non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:52:48, June 20, 2008 CET | From | National Movement for Civic Democracy | To | Debating the Police Policy |
| Message | There is a need for police to have the best possible weaponry, but we recognize that there are different weapons for the army and polcie for a reason: they have different needs. We will vote yes if it is changed to allow for special units to use special weapons. |
| Date | 02:52:48, June 20, 2008 CET | From | National Movement for Civic Democracy | To | Debating the Police Policy |
| Message | There is a need for police to have the best possible weaponry, but we recognize that there are different weapons for the army and polcie for a reason: they have different needs. We will vote yes if it is changed to allow for special units to use special weapons. |
| Date | 03:51:49, June 20, 2008 CET | From | Social-Democratic Party | To | Debating the Police Policy |
| Message | A police officer can do just as good a job with a handgun as they would with a machine gun. |
| Date | 19:57:51, June 20, 2008 CET | From | Sons of Liberty | To | Debating the Police Policy |
| Message | Yeah, that handgun'll do great against a fully armored bank robber or terrorist. We don't have to worry, folks, the policeman with the 9mm pistol can stop the man in kevlar. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 265 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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