The Sovereignty and Comprehensive Security Commission, this February 21, approved the report for the first debate of the bill that regulates the exceptional use of legitimate force by the State, conferred on members of the National Police, Armed Forces and of the Penitentiary Security and Surveillance Corps.
The chairman of the table, Ramiro Narváez (ID), specified that with this regulation there would be sufficient clarity on how security agents can act within their powers.
Bill that regulates the legitimate use of force is defined in texts
In the case of the National Police, in carrying out their duties, the agent can act against crime to safeguard his life and that of the victim; if the offender dies in that process, the policeman cannot be sentenced, but will be subjected to an investigation process, but in the legal framework it has to be guaranteed that the policeman is not sentenced, he said
To this end, the assemblyman added, the bill recommends incorporating specialized prosecutors into the judicial system to carry out these processes.
In the case of the Armed Forces, they can intervene in arms control and in the care of borders. Also, said Narváez, the law incorporates the presence of prison officers to ensure that they can act to maintain order within those spaces.
Police officers, through this law, are guaranteed training and education to develop their abilities, skills and abilities. In addition, the necessary staff is guaranteed so that they can carry out their work, explained Narváez.
The law prohibits the use of firearms with lethal ammunition or potentially lethal weapons against persons, except in self-defense or that of others, in the event of imminent danger of death or serious injury, or for the purpose of preventing the commission of a crime. particularly serious crime involving a serious threat to life, or for the purpose of arresting a person who represents such a danger and resists, or to prevent his escape, and only in the event that less extreme measures are insufficient to achieve said objectives .
In any case, the servers of the entities regulated in this law may only intentionally use lethal or potentially lethal weapons when it is strictly unavoidable and absolutely necessary to protect the lives of third parties or their own.
The exceptional use of lethal and potentially lethal weapons will be carried out seeking to neutralize or eliminate the aggression or threat, minimizing the damage, for which purpose, compromising vital organs will be avoided as much as possible.
Before the approval of the report, the assembly members set aside article 27 of the project, referring to the exceptional nature of the use of lethal force in contexts of social protest, where it was established that in the face of obvious criminal acts, unrelated to social protest, but that take advantage of it, in an exceptional, differentiated, individualized manner and only in the face of imminent lethal threat against the life of protesters, third parties or servers, lethal force may be used against alleged criminals. The project report was approved with eight votes in favor and one abstention. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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