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Bill: Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive 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: June 2164
Description[?]:
| We propose to allow for the formation of local police departments to deal with local crimes while the national police department can concentrate more on crimes of a national scale dealing with problems such as organized crime. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:28:00, December 28, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | The AAS opposes. We see no good reason to fragment our police force. Indeed, we see the lack of cohesion it would cause, as an obstacle to effective nationwide treatment/investigation of crime. |
| Date | 21:31:24, December 28, 2005 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | PSS feel there is merit to this proposal, such as local crimes able to be targeted by police with 'local' knowledge. PSS supports. |
| Date | 21:56:59, December 28, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | We're not really fragmenting the national police force with this proposal. The national police force will still maintain its current level of personnel. They would now be working with local authorities for major crimes. Also, there wouldn't be the blanket crime prevention funding allocation that is in place now, so that places in Likatonia that are afflicted by higher crime rates are allocated the same amount of police funding as areas that have relatively light levels of crime. |
| Date | 16:18:07, December 29, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | The AAS prefers the perceived versatility of a larger force, that can allocate it's forces as it sees fit. One centralised force does NOT mean that officers can't be located in high-need areas. |
| Date | 02:59:09, December 30, 2005 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | The JLP supports this proposal. We believe the citizenry will be safer and enjoy fuller liberty with a local police force to protect and serve. In fact, it would be wonderful if we dismantled the national police force and allowed the communities to develop local law enforcement, utilizing a loose network with other municipalities for wide-spread crime (organized crime, etc). |
| Date | 03:21:48, December 30, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | We believe that the national police force should never be dismantled because there can and will be crimes committed to a national scale. The local police forces wouldn't be able to adequately handle those cases, but they would save the national police from working on lesser crimes such as traffic violations and petty larcenies. |
| Date | 15:07:38, December 30, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Local Police Departments |
| Message | The AAS believes that ANY form of 'devolution' of our legal system, has the potential risk of allowing a lack of equivalency in law enforcement, across the nation. The AAS beleives it is not safe to allow this kind of 'feudalism' to even have the chance to take root. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 312 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
| Random quote: "We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world." - Tony Blair |