Should we have Self Surrender Arrest Laws

Australia and the world desperately require a new fundamental human right and that is the right to peaceful self surrender.

Most recently people have protested the corona virus lock down laws, they have rallied for black lives matter and the right for and against legal abortion. The intent generally with these protests is that change is sought by the public and change is hopefully delivered.

During some of these protests on occasion police exercise their powers of arrest.  When it becomes apparent or obvious that a person needs to be arrested I believe that the person should have the legal right to self surrender before forcible arrest and detention.

These laws could save thousands of lives if properly adopted and would require before any static arrest that the person of interest be offered self surrender if detention is required.

An example of such a law would be the following:

Citizens right to self surrender:
When engaging in an arrest police are required to state the following before touching the person:
" You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to self surrender. Handcuffing yourself is not an admission of guilt. I now produce the handcuffs and place them before you. If you do not handcuff yourself serious force may be applied to you. You have the right to request self surrender after force is applied to you. If you pretend to self surrender you will be committing a criminal offense.  "

This right could in effect prevent police from ever touching a person that complies with their right to self surrender. While in practice there is no way to ensure that people will invoke their right to self surrender it will place a safeguard power directly into the hands of every accused person.