MPs will move on to debate second reading of Military Police Amendment Act in Parliament
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- Date: 04.12.2018
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Military policemen are closer to having their powers extended, which will allow them to perform tasks to a higher standard and more efficiently. MPs will now move on to debate the second reading of the MOD-sponsored Military Police Amendment Act in Parliament. The Amendment Act contains several changes, including a range of sanctions for illegal use of SVK Military Police uniforms, badges and insignia. If approved by Parliament, the Military Police Amendment Act will come into force on 1 April 2019.
Powers of military policemen in detaining trespasser onto military sites will be extended. Under the new arrangements, military policemen will have more competences when, for example, detaining trespassers who have trespassed on military sites. In such cases, they will be empowered to proceed according to the Offences Act and initiate offence proceedings, as do policemen of the Slovak Police Corps, as well as sanctioning trespassers in the ticket proceedings. This was not possible until now, and when policemen detained a trespasser at a military site, all they could do was to escort the trespasser from the site.
The new legislation also sets out the powers of military policemen in escorting foreign military convoys transiting our territory in support of military exercises. On unauthorised entries by drones at military installations, it also allows military policemen to detain the operator of an unmanned aerial system (drone) who has breached the perimeter security of a military installation and terminate the flight of the drone.
Powers of military policemen in detaining trespasser onto military sites will be extended. Under the new arrangements, military policemen will have more competences when, for example, detaining trespassers who have trespassed on military sites. In such cases, they will be empowered to proceed according to the Offences Act and initiate offence proceedings, as do policemen of the Slovak Police Corps, as well as sanctioning trespassers in the ticket proceedings. This was not possible until now, and when policemen detained a trespasser at a military site, all they could do was to escort the trespasser from the site.
The new legislation also sets out the powers of military policemen in escorting foreign military convoys transiting our territory in support of military exercises. On unauthorised entries by drones at military installations, it also allows military policemen to detain the operator of an unmanned aerial system (drone) who has breached the perimeter security of a military installation and terminate the flight of the drone.
