Section 1: Funding for local police departments for the year will be decreased by 33%. Those 33% will be redirected to social, economic, and community-based programs.
Section 2: Police departments will not be allowed to use military grade equipment.
Section 3: Police officers will be required to wear body cameras.
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One of many mutual aid questions. The briefing for our powers has been non existent and its a bit difficult to get a simple answer online.
Coming from an English force we have section 3 criminal law act which allows for any person to use reasonable force to prevent offences, apprehend offenders etc. There are other use of force powers in statute but this is a good catch all power.
S20 of the Scottish legislation sets out the general duties of constables in Scotland but the section of the act is a bit loose on if this actually allows for a use of force specifically or if it is something that would justify a use of force if it is done to achieve one of the goals.
I guess what I'm asking is if I need to use force to do my job but don't want to be nicking for bop, am I using common law powers or is there a specific statute providing powers?
Similarly if I have reasonable grounds to suspect what would be a going equipped for damage offence in England, do I have a power to search them? I couldn't see any reference to this in search powers and seems to be a bit of a gap.
If I end up doing any of this shit something's gone seriously wrong along the line but I'm feeling woefully underprepared for it all
This bill will reform the policing system in the state of Idaho.
All police academy members will be mandated to take 3 years of education, and 1 year of welfare training.
Police and welfare services will be merged, with social workers being used as well as police for welfare checks and domestic situations.
Police will be given funding for the merging of services.
One station in every city will have a SWAT team, who will work in coordination with federal agencies.
All police will carry a handgun, taser, and baton, and no more unless specially required.
Every police officer will have a body cam which will be controlled remotely and cannot be turned off at any time. Footage from these cameras will be publicly available.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY4]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY4] is a member of the committee.
The default police training regiment will be greatly extended. A Standard training course for a policeman will be 2 years. This policy makes the courses police take way more in-depth and makes them far more likely to remain calm in hard situations, de-escalate, and curb excessive force. Secondly, since all active officers will require some of the new courses, a special offer to retired policemen will be extended, to return to work for a short time while the new training regiment is enforced. The police will be split into smaller groups so that since there aren't enough retired police to fill every vacancy only parts of the police apparatus will be training at any given time.
BigBronyBoy Governor of New Mexico
Yesterday, I was walking down a road to visit a house that I am responsible for maintenance wise and was called out to fix a broken window.
The road was closed due to roadworks but this applied to vehicles only.
The contractor started saying you can't come here. This is crazy - there are about 100 houses in the road, the contractor can't stop people coming and going. It was a water repair, not gas so not dangerous.
I told him I had to visit the house to check it over.
He wouldn't have it and tried to block me.
I went round him and he tried to grab me and as he did I blocked his arm with my forearm.
When I came out of the house I was stopped by two police officers and questioned about what happened. I told them and then one said he wanted my name name and I refused as I didn't think I had done anything wrong.
He then arrested me and I was cuffed and transported to the station.
At the station I was told I was arrested because I refused to give my name and address under S50 of the Police Reform act but at no point did the officer say that I was suspected of a public order offence or that he required my name under s50 of the Police Reform act.
After a couple of hours they let me go NFA. I was not interviewed.
Do they actually have to express that they want the details under the act or can they just demand my details?
(I posted this to the PoliceUK Reddit for advice but it was deleted - this actually happened.)
I am curious as I watched someone being threatened with arrest for not giving details to the police under s50 of the police reform act.
What is the bar for anti social behaviour. Personally as someone who supports the police as my previous posts show, the person IMHO was not being anti social.
Is there any defence - i.e. if you don't give your name you are arrested. Is it up to a magistrate to decide if you are guilty.
As a bystander it appears to be catch22. That is to say, if the police think you were antisocial and you don't give details you are arrested with all the inconveniences that entails. Even if you were not being antisocial.
I guess you go along with it and take legal action later?
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS2]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and 2 other committees which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS2] is the chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
