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Bill: Police Force Responsibilities Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Solidarity
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 4001
Description[?]:
| Revises certain rights and duties of the police force. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The police may arrest citizens for any reason.
Current: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Proposed: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards police presence.
Old value:: The police patrol public property at all times.
Current: The police patrol public property at all times.
Proposed: Presence of the police is left to the local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Police searches.
Old value:: The police can search a person or their property without restrictions.
Current: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime was committed.
Proposed: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or in cases of imminent danger.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:27:40, March 21, 2016 CET | From | National Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Police Force Responsibilities Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Weakening the peace officers will only serve to strengthen the criminal elements who are well coddled by the leftists and libertarians at the cost of the law abiding Lodamese citizens. It is true that some of the laws need to be reformed but the style and extremism adopted by the anti-police parties is unacceptable and conveys hostility towards the peace officers. Brian Hinn NLA Chairman |
| Date | 13:09:12, March 21, 2016 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Police Force Responsibilities Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, this proposal means an extra cost for the department of Justice as well as Internal Affairs. Does it benefit anyone? Not in my opinion. At this stage we use the military to perform police duties, thus the Defence department will not gain anything from this change. Police obtaining a warrant to search properties is both expensive and time-consuming. From my point of view, this harms the citizens instead of helping them. Luigi Corason Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 18:39:43, March 21, 2016 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Police Force Responsibilities Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Brian Hinn speaks of Leftists as a monolith. There are Leftists who support this bill, and others who oppose it. His generalising statements are unnerving. -- Joshua Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Minister of Trade & Industry, Vice President of 2GDR Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 302 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 250 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 47 |
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