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Bill: National Police Department Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Marxist-Socialist Party of Hobrazia
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: November 2332
Description[?]:
| To better the National Police Department; as to ensure the protection of Hobrazian citizens especially with terrorists in the nation bombing political offices of Hobrazian political parties because special units may not be in time to defeat any terrorists when on the other hand if officers had weapons that could take down terrorists, more Hobrazians would be safe and protected. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Current: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Proposed: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Article 2
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 carry military-grade equipment.
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 | 00:29:58, December 19, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the National Police Department Act |
| Message | Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. All article 1 does is increase spending on administration of the police with a National Force being forced to operate alongside local departments, often doing the same work as each other, whilst local forces don't operate as openly with each other as they often have difficulty when crossing constituency borders. Article 2 just increases the state of fear within the Country. Police officers have no requirement for firearms as they already have non-lethal armaments capable of taking down any suspect. Should firearms be deemed necessary then we already have the ability to dispatch specialist units to deal with those problems with improved training. And once again, you state something but give no reasons behind it. Actually write a bill descriptor. It doesn't have to be long, but it would be nice to know something about the reasons you believe these changes might be necessary. |
| Date | 08:51:46, December 19, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the National Police Department Act |
| Message | Agreed with WSS! |
| Date | 04:34:15, December 21, 2006 CET | From | HSP (Hobrazian Socialist Party) | To | Debating the National Police Department Act |
| Message | This isn't such a bad plan. Local police could respond better to local conditions and not tie up national infrastructure. The second is not such a good idea - but as a temporary measure whilst violence such as this is continuing we can support. |
| Date | 09:14:54, December 21, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the National Police Department Act |
| Message | What different work can you possibly forsee that the local and national departments would do that wouldn't clash with each others investigations? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 224 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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