Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 2.25 Office of District Attorney-Public Administrator

A. The combined offices of the district attorney and public administrator are hereby separated pursuant to Government Code Section 24011.

(Ord. 247-B § 1, 1991: Ord. 399 § 5, 1975).

A. The county declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the state under the provisions of Sections 13510 (as amended by Chapter 710 of the Statutes of 1981) and 13524, Chapter 1, of Title 4, Part 4, of the California Penal Code.

B. Pursuant to Section 13522, Chapter 1, the county will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

C. The county will allow the Commission on POST and its representatives to make such inquiries as deemed appropriate by the Commission, to ascertain that the district attorney investigators adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on POST.

(Ord. 399A § 1, 1982).

A. The board of supervisors has made the following determinations:

1. The military equipment inventoried and presented to the board of supervisors is necessary because there is no reasonable alternative that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety;

2. The proposed military equipment use policy, hereinafter referred to as the "policy," will safeguard the public's welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties;

3. The equipment is reasonably cost effective compared to available alternatives that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety (if any);

4. Prior military equipment use complied with the applicable equipment use policy (which included equipment now defined as military equipment) that was in effect at the time, or if prior uses did not comply with the accompanying military equipment use policy, corrective action has been taken to remedy nonconforming uses and ensure future compliance.

B. The district attorney's office has submitted a proposed policy to the board of supervisors and has made those documents available on the district attorney's office website for at least thirty days prior to the public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue;

C. The policy was considered by the board of supervisors as an agenda item in an open session of a regular meeting, noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, at which public comment was permitted;

D. The policy shall be made publicly available on the district attorney's office website for as long as the military equipment is available for use;

E. The district attorney's office shall submit an annual military equipment report to the board of supervisors, containing the information required in Government Code Section 7072, and the board of supervisors shall determine whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in subsections (A)(1-4) above;

F. The board of supervisors shall review this chapter, and vote on whether to renew it, on an annual basis at a regular meeting, in accordance with Government Code Section 7071(e)(2);

G. The board of supervisors approves the use of the policy and finds that it satisfies the requirements of Government Code Section 7070(d).

(Ord. No. 399B, § 1, 2-3-26)