The idea is to create a new class of crime called misdemeanor.
all the crimes in this category won’t be punishable by jail time if cooperate and performed the punishment or NJP as ask by the MP.
1- hooliganism =>njp
2-Trespassing (going into an area you don’t have access to but that isn’t heavily restricted).
get him out or and njp
3-Theft of government property such as taking vendors without proper authorization.
anything that’s not stealing the equipment of another marines or that could disrupt the operation.
=>return items or and njp
4-Contreband. =>confiscate items or and njp
5-damage to government property such as hacking and breaking a window or damaging a wall.
everything that can be easily repair without any loss of material and that don’t disrupt the operation of the ship.
=>return ship to previous condition
all the above njp shouldn’t excess 5min each.
idk that’s my 2cent to avoid MP arresting marine and create a chain of reaction of chaos that disrupt the round start.
Pretty much all of these are minor crimes and can already be NJP’d, the issue is that most MP’s don’t even make the attempt to do so. I’ve seen marines get straight up arrested for silly shit like Dallas Weeter getting brigged for wearing a riot helmet one round which he has literally done for years. As far as I’ve seen MP’s literally want to arrest someone because it gives them something to do, which is a serious issue and why they’re so disliked overall.
i wasn’t clear in my post but the goal is to remove the ability for MP to perform an arrest legally for misdemeanor and force them to use njp or ignore those crimes.
i know some marine will still escalate the interaction but that’s not something we can really control.
the main intent isn’t to lower punishment but to separate in the crime and be more precise in the definition to specify what is worth arrest and what’s not and should be handle with NJP.
for example damage to government property is (Return ship to its exact previous state or 7.5 Minutes if not possible)
my idea is to separate the part of the crime that isn’t worth jail and putting it as a misdemeanor.
my post is clearly not something we should implement as is but a direction i would like to see.
I cant speak for other people who do MP and arrest people they come across at will cause im not them but rephrasing crimes into another block seems like a waste of time its good as it is.
Reducing the penalty of a crime doesn’t increase crime rate… It doesn’t work simply like that… A lot of other factors are involved, and the size of the penalty ain’t even a significant part of it.
Buuuuut regarding the arrests, the MPs don’t proceed with arrests because of boredom, but mainly because arresting someone is usually more practical and easier than thinking on a NJP, charmfully communicating with the offender the plan, going to the place you want them to NJP, supervising them do all the work you tasked them to do, only to free them. If you arrest them, you can usually just throw them at the Warden’s lap and go back to the freedom of patrolling or doing something else.
Arresting is usually too easy, and I think making the proceeds of an arrest harder is the solution for people to decide on using NJPs more, such as forcing the Military Policemen to actually issue warrants and contraband receipts or others. Arrests issued by officers also usually don’t receive NJP because the officer themself usually asks for the imprisonment of a random without making an official arrest request with name, charges and reason (like a warrant). Knowning what happened also tends to influence on how aggressive (or peaceful) the MPs are in their actions.
The brig being extremely far away from everything else also have influence on when people will wish to visit it or not, making a radio-issued arrest more viable than crossing the entire ship to sign a piece of paper.