Themlight
29-03-2006, 19:20
After a recent increase in violent crime, the @@NAME@@ Police Force is demanding improved weaponry and body armor to be issued to every officer on the force. Several respected people have offered their ideas for the matter.
The Debate
1. "We need to increase spending in non lethal weaponry like tazers." says ex police patrolman turned Senate @@RANDOMNAME@@, "When i was on vacation, I saw very little crime, and all police i saw were armed with tazers. I hear that in rare situations they can do damage to people with heart conditions, but then that will make them think twice about commiting a crime in the first place. Plus, tazers are cheaper then other non lethal weaponry and safer then pistols."
[effect]Crime is reduced, but their is an decrease in hospital beds due to patents suffering reactions to the tazer shocks.
2. "Tazers? Ha, just what we need, police armed with often dangerous weaponry." exlamins Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@, the head of @@NAME@@'s Advanced Research Institue, "What we need is more research into ADS Microwave Pistols, they may be expensive, but they do not cause perminant when used. Their may be some problems if ADS hits a targets eyes, but we've never tested that theory."
[effect]Crime is severly reduced, but their is an increase in eye injuries.
3. "Those are the worst idea I've ever heard!" clamors @@RANDOMNAME@@, The @@NAME@@ police comisioner. "Guns with car batterys attached? Portable microwaves as weapons? Hah! In my days on patrol, things were different. People respected the man on the beat. Now, it's a bunch of ill manered thugs who see the police as a joke. If we gave the patrol officer permission to use his or her batrons against trouble makers, the police might regain that lost respect. What's a few head injuries here and their when it would save our nation thousands in @@CURRENCY@@. As our forefathers said, @@SLOGAN@@"
[effect]Police funds are decreased, and crime is reduced. Severe head trauma is the number one cause of injury treated at the hospitals
The Debate
1. "We need to increase spending in non lethal weaponry like tazers." says ex police patrolman turned Senate @@RANDOMNAME@@, "When i was on vacation, I saw very little crime, and all police i saw were armed with tazers. I hear that in rare situations they can do damage to people with heart conditions, but then that will make them think twice about commiting a crime in the first place. Plus, tazers are cheaper then other non lethal weaponry and safer then pistols."
[effect]Crime is reduced, but their is an decrease in hospital beds due to patents suffering reactions to the tazer shocks.
2. "Tazers? Ha, just what we need, police armed with often dangerous weaponry." exlamins Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@, the head of @@NAME@@'s Advanced Research Institue, "What we need is more research into ADS Microwave Pistols, they may be expensive, but they do not cause perminant when used. Their may be some problems if ADS hits a targets eyes, but we've never tested that theory."
[effect]Crime is severly reduced, but their is an increase in eye injuries.
3. "Those are the worst idea I've ever heard!" clamors @@RANDOMNAME@@, The @@NAME@@ police comisioner. "Guns with car batterys attached? Portable microwaves as weapons? Hah! In my days on patrol, things were different. People respected the man on the beat. Now, it's a bunch of ill manered thugs who see the police as a joke. If we gave the patrol officer permission to use his or her batrons against trouble makers, the police might regain that lost respect. What's a few head injuries here and their when it would save our nation thousands in @@CURRENCY@@. As our forefathers said, @@SLOGAN@@"
[effect]Police funds are decreased, and crime is reduced. Severe head trauma is the number one cause of injury treated at the hospitals