City Council
May 21, 2024
Annual Military Equipment Report
and Authorization of Purchase and
Use of Drones
1 Assembly Bill 481 Overview
REQUIRED USE
POLICY TO
PURCHASE, USE,
OR KEEP
“MILITARY
EQUIPMENT”
“MILITARY
EQUIPMENT”
DOES NOT
MEAN IT HAS
BEEN USED BY
THE MILITARY
ANNUAL
REPORT
INCLUDES SIX
PRIMARY
CATEGORIES
2 Reporting Categories
3 USE AND PURPOSE OF
EQUIPMENT
COMPLAINTS AND
CONCERNS
AUDITS, VIOLATIONS,
OTHER ACTIONS
Twelve Emergency
Response Vehicle
Deployments-One Less
lethal Shotgun round
deployed
None
All Accounted For
No Violations
Total Cost and Funding Source
4 TOTAL COST OF EQUIPMENT
$25,086
Training Cost Per
SWAT Officer
Training Cost Per
SWAT Sergeant
Training Cost Per
Officer
Training Cost Per
Sergeant
$11,340/year $14,707/year $2,898-
$1,008/year $1,113/year
Quantities of Equipment
5 1 Robotex Avatar Robot
1 Armored Emergency Response Vehicle
82 Rifles
6 FN 303 launchers
6 Remington 870 less lethal shotguns
3 Defense Tech. single 40mm launcher
1 Defense Tech. multi-shot 40mm launcher
22.65K .223 rifle ammunition
5K .308 rifle ammunition
24 flash bangs
32 CS smoke grenades
4 OC vapor aerosol grenades
15 40mm blast OC powder
33 40mm blast CS powder
24 40mm liquid CS barricade-penetrating
4 40mm powder CS barricade-penetrating
28 40 mm liquid OC barricade-penetrating
13 40 mm powder OC barricade penetrating
1500 FN 303 kinetic energy munitions
99 12 gauge ballistic fiber kinetic munitions
47 40mm sponge munitions
Intent to Acquire More Equipment
6 1. .223/5.56 ammo for training
2. .308 ammo for training
3. 40mm sponge rounds
4. The use of drone technology for critical
incidents, sideshow management and
traffic collision roadway mapping
Overview and Benefits of Drones
• Drones allow APD to collect evidence
about critical incidents, including
sideshows for strategic intervention and
enforcement without jeopardizing safety
of officers and escalating dangerous
situations
• Request is for two drones, along with
adoption of an operations policy with
strong privacy protections
• Easy and fast to deploy; less expensive
and more efficient than other aerial
technology; two-way voice and visual
communication
7 Proposed Drone Operations Policy
• Allowed Use of Drones, such as:
Life preservation missions
All felony crimes
Unpermitted car shows
Riots
Mass Casualty events
Missing persons
Rescue events
Disaster response and recovery
Post-incident documentation
• Prohibited Use
No weaponization
No facial recognition
No random surveillance
No targeting of a person based on
actual or perceived characteristics
No harassment or intimidation
No personal business
• Published policy on April 15th and held
community meeting on April 30th
• Consulted with community, Secure
Justice, ACLU best practices and business
community Updated policy based on
Council feedback from May 7th
• Authorized Personnel – only authorized
operators with training
• Approval and Oversight – Supervisor must
approve deployment
Recommendation
1. Accept Annual Military Equipment Report for APD;
2. Introduction of Ordinance adopting a military
equipment use policy for drones; and
3. Authorize City Manager to purchase two drones from
Axon Enterprise for a not-to-exceed amount of
$143,804.02 over a term of five years.
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