I want to thank both organizations for their presence and commend them for their longstanding work in defending the civil liberties of their fellow citizens.
I did have one question. The issue I'm raising is whether the exemption from criminal liability that these sections offer should be restricted to public officers or whether it should be extended to “other persons”, which appears to designate agents of the police, commonly people with criminal records who continue to live a criminal life. It has been recommended that the phrase “other persons” be deleted and that the exemption from criminal liability should be confined simply to public officers.
I'm wondering whether both of these organizations could offer a view on that issue.