00:00Legitimate police officers not providing warrants or identification to enter homes,
00:05a topic based on past incidents that continues to propel those attending stand-your-ground consultations
00:11to be concerned about the implications if a police officer is shot should a law be passed.
00:17While at a previous consultation, Legal Affairs Minister Saddam Hussein called it a touchy subject
00:22and didn't say what will obtain if that happens,
00:25he is now seeking to provide clarity on what is expected of legitimate police officers
00:30when carrying out their duty, regardless of a state of emergency.
00:35Although we are in an SOE, it does not mean that a police officer don't have to comply with their standing orders
00:41and departmental orders.
00:44Once police officers are at your home, with a warrant or without a warrant in the SOE circumstance,
00:51they must identify themselves.
00:54There must be identification and proper identification of police officers
00:59and now they are required to wear the police ID badges.
01:04He calls it part of the checks and balances for those who are legitimate police officers.
01:10As the consultations continue, other aspects are being taken into consideration.
01:15One is domestic violence and those who can abuse the stand-your-ground legislation
01:19to perpetrate a crime against an intimate partner.
01:22In this regard, the minister reveals an additional layer to what is being proposed
01:27pertaining to the use of deadly force and the exceptions that will apply to prevent people from walking free.
01:33So where a person against whom force is used has a right to be in the house.
01:41For example, you have husband and wife living in the house.
01:45Husband want to kill the wife, wife want to kill the husband.
01:47The both of them have a right to be in the house.
01:50They can't come and claim that we're going to use deadly force against each other.
01:53Agreed?
01:53However, if husband tries to kill the wife with a gun and she decides to retaliate,
02:00she has a right to defend herself also because there are instances of domestic violence.
02:06It has also been suggested that other occupants of a house who are not the FUL holder
02:12be given some sort of certification that will allow them to use the firearm against home invaders
02:18should a licensed holder be unable to, similar to the function of a firearm's user's employee certificate.
02:25Firstly, I want to deal with the issue you asked about whether we could have something similar to the FEUC,
02:31which is the employee certificates for home users.
02:34That's an excellent suggestion and something that we have recorded
02:37and will bring to the attention of the legal team.
02:41The high cost of firearms also came up at the consultations
02:44as it may prohibit some people who might otherwise be qualified from gaining access to one.
02:51It's something the minister says he will look into.
02:53When it comes to training for applicants of FULs,
02:57Hussein says it is a mandatory part of the process
03:00before the actual FUL is issued.
03:03Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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