Chapter 4-42 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT FUNDING, ACQUISITION AND USE POLICY

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2022-006, 5/16/22 (Section 4-42-100); Ordinance No. 2023-004, 6/5/23 (Section 4-42-100); Ord. No. 2024-001, 4/15/2024; Ord. No. 2025-001, 4/7/ 2025 (Section 4-42-100))

(a) Pursuant to Government Code Section 7071(d), the City Council has made the following determinations:

(1) The military equipment inventoried and presented to the City Council is necessary
because there is no reasonable alternative that can achieve the same objective of
officer and civilian safety; and

(2) The proposed military equipment use policy ("Policy") will safeguard the public's
welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties; and

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

(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 Police Department has submitted a proposed Policy to the City Council identified as
"SLPD Policy 707 – Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy" and has
made those documents available on the Police Department's website for at least 30 days
prior to the public hearing at the regular City Council meeting where this item concerning
the military equipment at issue was considered by the City Council.

(c) The Policy was considered by the City Council 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 Police Department's website for as long
as the military equipment is available for use.

(e) The Police Department shall submit an annual military equipment report to the City
Council, containing the information required in Government Code Section 7072, and the
City Council 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 City Council 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 City Council approves the use of the Policy identified as "SLPD Policy 707 – Military
Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy," and finds that it satisfies the
requirements of Government Code Section 7070(d).