Safety and the Rule of Law

Every freedom in this book rests on one more: the freedom to live safely. A family that feels safe invests, a business that trusts the law expands, and a country that keeps order attracts the world.

These two chapters belong together because they build the strongest protection for citizens. A fit, well-paid, professional police, filmed on body cameras and independently overseen, earns the trust of the people it serves, as Georgia showed when it rebuilt its police almost overnight. The firmest lawful sentences and full seizure of assets dismantle the networks behind terror, drugs and trafficking, and personal accountability for those who organise riots, with full damages paid to every victim, protects communal harmony. These reforms carry the toughest laws in the book and the most careful safeguards, so they come once the courts (Chapter 6) and the state have been rebuilt to deliver them fairly.