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Bill: The Police, Your Friend
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for a Democratic Socialist Society
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: July 2162
Description[?]:
| Police Force should have a less repressive character, and only special units should be wearing lethal 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 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 | 01:23:25, December 26, 2005 CET | From |  Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Police, Your Friend |
| Message | I think the police should be allowed to carry both Lethal and non lethal munitions at all times, they will use their judgement in using either. |
| Date | 21:22:42, December 26, 2005 CET | From | Party for a Democratic Socialist Society | To | Debating the The Police, Your Friend |
| Message | We think police forces should have a much less repressive and more communicative outlook if they carry no lethal weapons. These can be used by special trained forces |
| Date | 01:50:35, December 27, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Police, Your Friend |
| Message | How would carrying both Non-lethal and lethal weaponry at all times make the police look more repressive? Our police forces have been trained to use good judgement, and will their judgement in deciding what type of munition to use. Also, If a single police unit were to stumble upon a violent criminal act in progress with only non lethal weaponry available it would have to call in a Special force unit and wait untill they respond on scene with their lethal munitions, in which time the single police unit could allready be dead or the suspects could have allready escaped, or both. DSF does not support putting our police officers in harms way while they wiat god knows how long before a special force unit arrives. Let the police carry both types of munitions and you will have our votes. |
| Date | 04:23:30, December 27, 2005 CET | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the The Police, Your Friend |
| Message | "Our police forces have been trained to use good judgement, and will their judgement in deciding what type of munition to use" ??? Our police forces have been trained to break workers struggle. DSF have not understand the lesson of Goteborg and Genoa? |
| Date | 05:31:55, December 27, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Police, Your Friend |
| Message | DSF understands that Jakania is not Goteborg or Genoa, and the police are composed of the workers themselves. Also did the police in Goteborg or Genoa have an option to use non lethal ammunition? I dont mean to undermine the LCP's urge for revolution, but you must understand that taking an extremist violent, Maoist view on Jakanian politics is not the right way to go. The DSF supports peacefull gradual political revolution just as the CPJ does. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 34 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 103 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 113 |
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