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Bill: Policing Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Democratic Party
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: January 4805
Description[?]:
| This bill will alter some of the ways that policing is handled in this country, and make the nation a safer place. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Proposed: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Parliamentary privilege.
Old value:: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Current: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions, but this immunity can be overruled by a vote in the nation's legislative body.
Proposed: Members of the legislature are exempted from any civil or criminal liability for their speech or actions related with the performance of their duties during their term of office.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:55:28, June 25, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | Please debate on this bill. It will stay in the debate phase for the next few years. We are willing to compromise on certain articles. |
| Date | 01:06:07, June 26, 2020 CET | From | Mordusian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | We support Articles 2 and 3, although the MLP are a bit curious about why Article 3, which seems to weaken (through decentralizition) the police force, is included in a bill full of provisions strengthening the police? |
| Date | 01:20:17, June 26, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | We seek to give more freedom to the local governments' police forces by giving them more freedom to handle their own local systems with article three. Article 1 is negotiable but we would like to know your stance on it. Article 4 is an important part of the bill, and we would like to try to get this through Parliament. If you have any suggestions on that article specifically this would be helpful. Article five was a mistake and is being removed. |
| Date | 03:34:42, June 26, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | Upon further deliberation within the party, article 3 will be removed. |
| Date | 03:35:22, June 26, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | Article 4 is now titled article 3. |
| Date | 17:47:13, June 26, 2020 CET | From | Alliance Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | The Alliance is not against the proposals in this bill, especially Article 1. Generally, the Alliance would prefer the police to be unarmed, but we acknowledge that that is an idealistic policy, and the CDP's proposal is moderate and may be more generally acceptable to the public. |
| Date | 18:46:42, June 27, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | Please voice any concerns about this bill soon, as it will most likely be put to vote after our elections this December. |
| Date | 02:30:47, June 28, 2020 CET | From | Mordusian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | To the Alliance Party: Please note that this bill actually increases the armaments carried by police. The MLP cannot support this bill. |
| Date | 03:58:26, June 28, 2020 CET | From | Conservative Democratic Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | The Alliance Party already acknowledged that fact. Increasing the armaments will make the police force be able to protect people better. |
| Date | 01:00:14, June 30, 2020 CET | From | Mordusian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | They didn't acknowledge that, they in fact said that they would prefer an unarmed police force. |
| Date | 05:22:45, August 02, 2020 CET | From | Communist Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | The Communist Party is for the passing of this bill. We support policing of the nation |
| Date | 16:49:24, August 22, 2020 CET | From |  Moderation | To | Debating the Policing Act |
| Message | OOC: Archiving. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 365 |
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