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  • This House Supports the state-backed development of copaganda in South Africa.

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    For the purposes of this debate, Copaganda refers to public messaging targeting the general South African population that is designed to encourage the recruitment and retention of police officers.

    North-West Pre-SAUDC · Round 4 · 2025-07-06

  • This house believes that the police should not carry guns; This house would ban alcohol and betting companies from sponsoring sports; THW ban homeschooling; THW ban children from acting in movies and television shows; This house, as a young politician in parliament, would rather be an independent than join an established party; THBT the United States should make voting compulsory

    Infoslide

    GIMMICK: This round will involve six motions. Teams will gain one point for each motion they win.

    UNSW IV · Round 4 · 2025-07-05

  • That governments should limit no-knock warrants to cases involving imminent threat to life.

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    A no-knock warrant is a court order that allows law enforcement officers to enter a property without first announcing their presence or purpose.

    UQ Pre Australs 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-29

  • This house would permit the governments of nations facing sustained threats from organised crime (e.g. Colombia in the 1980s, Mexico during peak cartel violence, or El Salvador in the 2020s) to significantly curtail civil liberties in order to combat the threat (e.g. warrantless surveillance, pre-emptive detention, relaxed evidentiary standards, etc.)

    2025 Australian Schools Open · Semifinals · 2025-06-28

  • That we prefer a world where all criminal organisations adopted a franchise model instead of a hierarchical model

    Infoslide

    A franchise model of organised crime involves a central organisation granting semi-autonomous groups or individuals the right to operate under its brand, rules, or methods. These franchises pay fees or share profits with the central body, maintaining operational independence. A hierarchical model of organised crime features a pyramid-like structure with a centralised leadership.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-21

  • This house believes that the queer movement in Jamaica should oppose rather than support the police

    Infoslide

    Jamaica's anti-sodomy and public morality laws have long sanctioned violence and discrimination against queer people. In recent years, the queer movement in Jamaica and its advocacy groups (e.g., J-FLAG, TransWave) have grown more visible and influential. Although formal arrests are now rare and police sometimes provide limited protection for events like Pride, officers regularly intimidate and harass queer people.

    Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21

  • This house, as a recently installed dictatorship, W not employ the divide-and-rule coup proofing strategy after overthrowing the previous government

    Infoslide

    Dictatorships often employ the divide-and-rule strategy by fragmenting the military’s power to ensure that no single military group has the power to overthrow them. Some popular examples include Saddam Hussein creating the Republican Guard and the Special Republican Guard separate from the main military in Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi weakening the regular army and creating loyalist militias in Libya, etc.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-17

  • That we would use this technology to make preventative arrests

    Infoslide

    In the future, a technology can assess, with 100% accuracy, whether an individual will commit a crime within a decade of the assessment. This assessment updates universally at the beginning of each decade, and includes the future charge but no specific details

    Harvard World Schools Debating Championship Australia-New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-12

  • This house would allow ex-convicts to join the police force

    Infoslide

    An ex-convict is an individual who has been deemed guilty of a crime, punished and has fully served their punishment. For example, someone that has finished the entitety of their prison sentence and is now allowed to go back into society is an ex-convict. Currently, ex-convicts are barred from joining police force.

    Hanoi Debate Tournament 2025 - English Division · Round 2 · 2025-05-31

  • This house opposes civil asset forfeiture

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    Civil Asset Forfeiture allows the government (typically the police) to seize any property (land, items, or cash) that is allegedly involved in a crime or illegal activity. After the asset is seized, the government may opt to keep, sell, or use it. After seizure, the burden of proof lies on the owner to prove that the asset was not involved in or obtained as a result of illegal activity

    Archer Schools Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-05-17

  • (A) In areas with relatively high crime rates, This house supports the implementation of Hugs, Not Bullets

    Infoslide

    "Hugs, Not Bullets" refers to a non-confrontational security policy whereby the state aims to tackle crime through addressing the root causes of crimes (e.g., providing rehabilitation services to drug users, offering social welfare to the poor) as opposed to reliance on police enforcement (e.g., frequent police checks, harsh sentences and punishments).

    Taiwan International Debate Open 2025 · Open Semifinals · 2025-04-19