SENATE BILL: De-Escalation in Policing Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senate Bill

To reduce the unlawful killings of citizens due to police brutality in the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted in both houses of Congress Assembled,

De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 1. Purpose and Title

a. Too many of our citizens live in fear of being stopped by the police only to lose their life. No one should fear that they may lose their right to life when interacting with an officer. This legislation is designed to augment the tactics used by police.

b. The title of this legislation shall be the De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 2. Provisions

A federal law enforcement agency, police department or state law enforcement administrative agency shall adopt regulations that require a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to

(1) attempt to de-escalate a situation and exhaust all alternative non- lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person; and

(2) provide an oral warning to a person against whom deadly force is intended to be used before discharging a firearm, if providing the oral warning is safe to attempt.

(3) An officer must undergo in service training in de-escalation tactics each year during the course of their career.

(4) For all new police recruits in police academies, de-escalation must be the primary focus and may not be less than 60 hours of de-escalation training completed.

Sponsor: Spark498
Senate Designation: SB30:02

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours for advocacy and other members 48 hours to respond.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Bumping this for responses.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

In that case I motion for a final vote, Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Since when does the federal government have the authority to regulate state law enforcement administrative agencies?

The federal government can override the state government. State governments are inferior to federal government by their design. I fail to see why that doesn't apply here.

Article II Section 3? States are divisions of regional governments, which are sovereign.

Historically speaking, federal gov't has regulated these agencies via placing conditions on federal funding.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Since when does the federal government have the authority to regulate state law enforcement administrative agencies?

The federal government can override the state government. State governments are inferior to federal government by their design. I fail to see why that doesn't apply here.

Only on areas in which the Federal Gov't is granted the primary role though.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am thinking the best path would be to amend this to use the conditioned funding approach, as well as a more direct directive aimed at Federal law enforcement agencies that are directly within our purview. That should address the concerns with federal powers being over stepped.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am thinking the best path would be to amend this to use the conditioned funding approach, as well as a more direct directive aimed at Federal law enforcement agencies that are directly within our purview. That should address the concerns with federal powers being over stepped.

I would be in favor of that amendment.

Earliest I could compose something would be Tuesday at this point.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am thinking the best path would be to amend this to use the conditioned funding approach, as well as a more direct directive aimed at Federal law enforcement agencies that are directly within our purview. That should address the concerns with federal powers being over stepped.

I would be in favor of that amendment.

Earliest I could compose something would be Tuesday at this point.

And rl sh@%t screwed me over as always.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am going to try again when I get home tonight.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senate Bill

To reduce the unlawful killings of citizens due to police brutality in the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted in both houses of Congress Assembled,

De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 1. Purpose and Title

a. Too many of our citizens live in fear of being stopped by the police only to lose their life. No one should fear that they may lose their right to life when interacting with an officer. This legislation is designed to augment the tactics used by police.

b. The title of this legislation shall be the De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 2. Provisions

All federal law enforcement agencyies, as well as any police department or state law enforcement administrative agency receiving federal funding shall adopt regulations that require a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to

(1) attempt to de-escalate a situation and exhaust all alternative non- lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person; and

(2) provide an oral warning to a person against whom deadly force is intended to be used before discharging a firearm, if providing the oral warning is safe to attempt.

(3) An officer must undergo in service training in de-escalation tactics each year during the course of their career.

(4) For all new police recruits in police academies, de-escalation must be the primary focus and may not be less than 60 hours of de-escalation training completed.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Sorry for the delays here, Thursday and Friday at work were just brutally exhausting with the new processes recently instituted and the stuff they had me doing.

This hopefully corrects the above stated issues with federalism and ability to directly control state and local law enforcement agencies, while still achieving the desired aim of the bill itself. That being said, I am not personally fond of leveraging money constantly as a way to exert control over a local situation, it is however the preferred option legally speaking in situations such as this as opposed to outright dictating to them regardless of federalist concerns.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment is adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So final vote time?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A Final vote is now open on this legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the De-Escalation in Policing Act:

Aye (6): Blair, Falterin, NC Yankee, Pericles, Sev and Spark
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

This bill has passed the Senate and is sent to the VP for House action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senate Bill

To reduce the unlawful killings of citizens due to police brutality in the Republic of Atlasia

Be it enacted in both houses of Congress Assembled,

De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 1. Purpose and Title

a. Too many of our citizens live in fear of being stopped by the police only to lose their life. No one should fear that they may lose their right to life when interacting with an officer. This legislation is designed to augment the tactics used by police.

b. The title of this legislation shall be the De-Escalation in Policing Act

Section 2. Provisions

All federal law enforcement agencies, as well as any police department or state law enforcement administrative agency receiving federal funding shall adopt regulations that require a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to

(1) attempt to de-escalate a situation and exhaust all alternative non- lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person; and

(2) provide an oral warning to a person against whom deadly force is intended to be used before discharging a firearm, if providing the oral warning is safe to attempt.

(3) An officer must undergo in service training in de-escalation tactics each year during the course of their career.

(4) For all new police recruits in police academies, de-escalation must be the primary focus and may not be less than 60 hours of de-escalation training completed.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,