FT 12.18 – Amendment to the Peaceful Streets Act (Awaiting signature)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AN ACT
To prohibit Regional, State, and Local police officers from ordering blood draws from unconscious DUI suspects without a warrant

Section 1: Title

This legislation may be cited as the Amendment to the Peaceful Streets Act or Mitchell's Law.

Section 2: Requiring a judicial warrant prior to the taking of an unconscious person's blood

Whereas, unconscious persons shall retain their right to bodily autonomy, Section II of the Peaceful Streets Act is hereby amended:

1.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall enter upon the real property of a person to view or record the data on a meter measuring electrical usage, unless the law enforcement officer has the express consent of the real property owner or a person who resides full time at the real property, or unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

2.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall implant or attach any device used for the purpose of tracking or recording geographic location via satellite to any person, privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, or any other privately owned personal property, unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

3.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall use unmanned drones for the purpose of tracking a person or a privately owned vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction, or if there is probable cause that the person, vehicle, aircraft, or vessel is fleeing from the location of recently committed crime.

4.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall detain or arrest any person for the mere filming of a law enforcement officer in a public place, unless the person filming physically obstructs the law enforcement officer from exercising their lawful duties.

5.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall detain or arrest any person for the mere utterance of lawful speech or gesturing of the hands or tongue. For the purposes of this sub-section, the extension of a person's middle finger shall not constitute obscenity.

6.) No Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth shall order or initiate the drawing of blood from an unconscious person unless the law enforcement officer has a lawful warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate with appropriate jurisdiction.

6.) 7.) Any person in the Commonwealth who injures or kills a law enforcement officer, shall not be prohibited from raising the affirmative defenses of self-defense or defense of others, provided it is first determined, by clear and convincing evidence that the law enforcement officer was knowingly acting in an unlawful manner, or if it is first determined beyond a reasonable doubt that the law enforcement officer did not identify his or herself as a law enforcement officer, and the person being charged did not believe that the person injured or killed was a law enforcement officer at the time.

7.) 8.) The surviving spouse of any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth who is killed in the line of duty shall be presented with a folded flag of the Commonwealth of Fremont. If the slain officer does not have a living spouse, the flag shall be presented to the officer's next of kin.

8.) 9.) It is the position of the Commonwealth of Fremont that all localities in the Commonwealth should grant a one-year exemption from property taxes to any surviving spouse of any Regional, State, or Local law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth who is killed in the line of duty.

9.) 10.) No uniformed law enforcement officer in the Commonweath shall conceal their badge while on duty nor raise the hood of a police vehicle during a traffic stop for the purpose of blocking a dashboard camera.

Sponsor: Scott, FM

The first minister has the floor.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

This strikes me as reasonable. Presumably, if there were a pressing medical need to draw blood from an unconscious person, such could be performed by a paramedic —which is the only situation in which I could see such an operation being justifiable.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

<crickets>

So I guess I'll move for a vote, since apparently no-one has anything more to add.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Seeing no objection, we proceed to a vote. Members will vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain. Voting will last 48 hours or until all members have voted.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I advise the first minister to invoke Article VI§2 of the Standing Orders to suspend the rules unilaterally so that we may immediately bring Shua's amendment forward without need for a vote on the motion to suspend division.

I thank the Member from Alaska for his input on this matter and find the amendment reasonable and appropriate.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Very well. The final vote on FT 12.18 is suspended in lieu of an objection from any member.

An amendment has been offered by the member from Alaska. Members have 24 hours to object.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Seeing no objection, the amendment is adopted.

Does that cover everything, then?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I move for a final vote. Members have 24 hours to object.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Seeing no objection, we proceed to a vote. Members will vote Aye, Nay, or abstain. Voting will last 48 hours or until all members have voted.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Aye!

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

With four votes in favor and none opposed, the resolution passes.