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Bill: Lex Matinia de Vigilibus
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: March 4482
Description[?]:
| Matinian Law on the Police Senators, As we have mentioned in the debate on Senator Fabianus' policing reform proposal, the best police is a trustworthy police. In the Republic our police forces are designed to move away from professional policing, specifically the rigidity typical of paramilitary organizational structures, promoting instead flexible and effective solutions to crime as well as citizen participation in policing. Decentralized "community policing" allows our armed forces to effectively address problems at the community level, while guided discretion allows our police officers greater flexibility in approaching and solving crime issues, moving far beyond reactive policing that focuses excessively on just "catching the bad guys" and thus proves to be a temporary fix to a chronic problem. In order to complement community policing and guided discretion and implement policing by consent, we once again call for the reintroduction of police conscription. Under this proposal law enforcement shall be considered an additional service branch to which conscripts can be recruited, in addition to mandatory military or civilian service, after a period of training. The number of recruits to law enforcement shall be based on the individual's preferences and on the manpower needs of all service branches. Policing shall continue to function in a decentralized community-oriented manner, enabling conscripts to establish and maintain close ties to the communities which they serve, address any problem the community may encounter, and establish mutual trust and respect between citizens and law enforcement. Benedictus Matinius Epimachus Senator |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 394 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 356 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin |