Submitted on Tuesday 9th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reintroduction of a Riot Act
The country has suffered numerous riots where effective policing has been restricted by the concern of police officers that they could lose their jobs / liberty if someone innocent inadvertently gets hurt or they are deemed to have over reacted.
We therefore petition the government to reintroduce a riot act. On reading of the riot act people will have a set period to withdraw from the locality; if they fail to withdraw within this timescale they will be assumed to be guilty of the offence of riot.
After the expiration of the notice period if the police deploy appliances or weapons their use will be deemed to be legitimate (for civil, criminal, disciplinary and promotion purposes) unless gross recklessness or gross incompetence can be shown.
Weapons and appliances anticipated to be used are:
Truncheons of standard and baseball bat type length
Water cannon
Tear gas
Tasers
Baton rounds or plastic bullets
And in the most extreme circumstances live ammunition
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