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Bill: Police Equipment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Herut Orthodoxy
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: June 2140
Description[?]:
| What 'special circumstances' need to be warranted? Law breakers are law breakers - give the police the ability to do their job more effectively... if needed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:26:12, November 12, 2005 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Police Equipment Bill |
| Message | We oppose |
| Date | 19:13:11, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Police Equipment Bill |
| Message | Are they carrying these weapons even when they are not needed ? To know the surplus value compared to the current situation we would like to be informed about what the equipment consists of . |
| Date | 19:33:56, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Imperialists Union | To | Debating the Police Equipment Bill |
| Message | What makes the police different from the military if they use the same weapons? |
| Date | 21:41:48, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Herut Orthodoxy | To | Debating the Police Equipment Bill |
| Message | What makes them different? 1) They are not run by the Ministry of Defense 2) Police are still civilians 3) Police still require warrants, etc. 4) Police are still responsible to the individual communities they represent The biggest difference is rather than having Special Weapons and Tactics teams which take time to assemble and deploy (though these would still exist), the actual police on the scene have the capability to contain violence and criminals before the situation gets completely out of hand and more innocents are affected. |
| Date | 23:35:14, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Imperialists Union | To | Debating the Police Equipment Bill |
| Message | Thank you for the clarification. We will consider supporting this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 253 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 272 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 30 |
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