Amendment X.1

Aegis Initiative 1 - Cessation of Imprisonment

Vessel: Northern Light DTG: 2321-11-05, 06:12

Department heads of the appropriate sector(s) must approve to make use of the policies outlined in the following Initiative. Application of these policies shall not breach standard moral codes; in the event that there is a conflict between a declared doctrine and Aegis Code of Law, the latter shall supersede the former.

The following has been decreed according to the majority will of the Captain's Board of the NEV Northern Light with a significant stake in the NEV Northern Light. This ruling is formally enacted immediately upon approval by the Board.

Goal: In order to decrease waste of department resources, namely time and attention of AEGIS personnel and operatives, and allow for reassignment of assets to more mission critical tasks. Having AEGIS personnel standby and guard short term prisoners is a waste of manpower.
Item 1: All short term uses of imprisonment as a punishment or answer to commission of noncapital crimes will be abolished and no longer a usable option. This will not include permanent cryo-incarceration of capital offenders. This will not include short-term detention of a suspect for interrogation or investigation.
Item 2: AEGIS or Command staff will have the alternative to assign community service as appropriate restitution to crimes committed in place of the former option of spending time in the brig. This assignment will be an item of non-compensated community service such as; cleaning deck areas or maintenance, construction or assembly of simple tools, others to be determined.
Item 3: The former fine schedule will be retained as a primary sentence for minor crimes, the community service option may be assigned instead if the perpetrator is unable, or unwilling to pay the fine - or at the discretion of the issuing officer with approval from a member of command.

There will be no exceptions to this ruling barring majority agreement from current on-duty department employees, plus approval from the Captain, or the First Officer in the Captain's absence.


Signatures:

Proposal by: LT Sela Sparks, AEGIS Commander
Sela Sparks
Captain's Signature: Cpt. Alexander Boemus, NanoTrasen Captain's Board
Alexander Boemus