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Bill: Demilitarise the Police Force Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers 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: November 4766
Description[?]:
| Police officers doing their daily duties like patrolling don't need guns. Police by consent, not by force. The police is supposed to protect, not engage in brutality and violence. Train armed police force units that are deployed during national celebrations, deployed to protect foreign dignitaries etc |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons 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 | 06:32:23, June 04, 2020 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Demilitarise the Police Force Act |
| Message | OOC: Evidence in support https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-london-won-t-arm-all-police-despite-severe-terror-n737551 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 198 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 302 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: “Their cheap talk of the 'greater good' is a thinly concealed excuse for subordinating the people to the institutionalized violence that is the state.” - Margaret Woodhall, former Dranian politician |