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Bill: Lex Clodia de Vigililbus
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: September 4397
Description[?]:
| Clodian Law on Policing Senators, Traditional reactive policing, as currently practiced in Selucia, focused as it is on protecting law-abiding citizens from criminals, fails to reduce crime and, by apprehending criminals, offers only a temporary solution for a chronic problem. Given that the main goal of current policing practices is to respond to incidents, police officers do not have the time and resources to establish proper ties to the community to which they belong and which they are sworn to protect. Instead we propose to introduce community policing, by requiring that all police officers be permanent residents of the communities which they serve. In contrast with traditional policing, the main goal is not apprehending criminals. It is rather establishing trust between citizens and police forces, promoting an orderly and safe environment, and solving the issues the community is most concerned about. With the passing of this bill the government shall empower municipal governments to coordinate with local citizens, local businesses, and the provincial and central governments to establish police forces formed exclusively of members of the local communities. This will result in greater police accountability to the communities they are meant to serve, increased trust, more foot or cycle patrols, and a decentralization of police authority, granting more discretion to lower-ranking officers while increasing transparency. This will, in the long run, decrease crime as social trust between citizens increases and as the police becomes an integral part of the local communities rather than a faceless bureaucratic and occasionally brutal organization. Rebecca Clodia Pastor Senatrix |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Police searches.
Old value:: 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.
Current: The police can search a person or their property without restrictions.
Proposed: Local governments deal with this issue.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Current: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Proposed: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government's policy towards the powers of the police.
Old value:: The police may arrest crime suspects.
Current: The powers of the police are not restricted.
Proposed: Powers of police are left to the local government .
Article 4
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.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 136 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 296 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 318 |
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