Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee (psfss)
April 20, 2023

San Jose Police Department
Military Equipment Annual Report
Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee
April 20, 2023
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Presenter: Captain Brian Matchett
Assembly Bill 481
• Approved by Governor on September
30, 2021
• Increase transparency, and oversight
in the funding, acquisition, and use of
military equipment
• Requires law enforcement agencies
possessing such equipment to have
policies and supporting information
available to the public
• Approval from the governing body
(City Council)
• Annual Report
• Public meeting
2 Category 1
Military
Equipment
• Unmanned, remotely
piloted, powered
aerial or ground
vehicles.
• 33 devices • Annual cost
- $8,500
• Deployments - 199
3 Category 2
Military
Equipment
• Mine-resistant
ambush protected
(MRAP) vehicles or
armored personnel
carriers
• 1 vehicle • Annual cost
- $6,500
• Deployments -3
4 Category 3
Military
Equipment
• High mobility
multipurpose
wheeled vehicles
(HMMWV),
commonly referred to
as Humvees, two and
one-half-ton trucks,
five ton trucks, or
wheeled vehicles that
have a breaching
apparatus attached.
• 3 vehicles • Annual cost
- $19,500
• Deployments - 30
5 Category 4 Military
Equipment
• Tracked armored vehicles that provide
ballistic protection to their occupants
and utilize a tracked system instead of
wheels for forward motion
• 0 vehicles
6 Category 5
Military
Equipment
• Command and
control vehicles that
are either built or
modified to facilitate
the operational
control and direction
of public safety units
• 6 vehicles • Annual cost
- $18,120
• Deployments - 48
7 Category 6 Military
Equipment
• Weaponized aircraft, vessels, or
vehicles of any kind
• 0 vehicles
8 Category 7
Military
Equipment
• Battering rams, slugs,
and breaching
apparatuses that are
explosive in nature
• Various dimensions
and numbers
• Annual cost - $6,262
• Deployments -3
9 Category 8 & 9 Military
Equipment
• Firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber
or greater excluding shotguns
• Not currently possessed
10 Category 10
Military
Equipment • Specialized firearms and ammunition of less than .50 caliber, including assault weapons as defined in Sections 30510 and 30515 of the Penal Code
• 439 firearms
• Annual cost for firearms and ammunition - $ 345,134
• Deployments - 0
11 Category 11
Military
Equipment
• Any firearm or
firearm accessory
that is designed to
launch explosive
projectiles
• 8 firearms with
attachments
• Annual cost - $400
• Deployments -3
12 Category 12
Military
Equipment
• “Flashbang” grenades
and explosive
breaching tools, “tear
gas,” and “pepper
balls,” excluding
standard, service-
issued handheld
pepper spray
• 1,336 pieces of
equipment
• Annual cost - $31,300
• Deployments - 27
13 Category 13
Military
Equipment
• Taser Shockwave,
microwave weapons,
water cannons, and
the Long Range
Acoustic Device
(LRAD)
• 7 pieces of
equipment
• Annual cost - $5,000
• Deployments - 13
14 Category 14
Military
Equipment
• Projectile launch
platforms and their
associated munitions:
40mm projectile
launchers, stun bag,
rubber bullet, and
specialty impact
munition (SIM)
weapons
• 256 launchers • 3,356 munitions • Annual cost - $23,450 • Deployments - 16 15 Military
Equipment Use
Considerations
• Necessary because there is no reasonable
alternative that can achieve the same objective
of officer and community safety.
• Reasonably cost effective compared to available
alternatives that can achieve the same objective
of officer and community safety.
• Military equipment shall only be used by a
Department employee only after applicable
training, including any course required by the
Commission of Peace Officer Standards and
Training, has been completed, unless exigent
circumstances arise.
16 Estimated
annual cost of
possessing
and acquiring
Military
Equipment
• $1,500,000
•Includes ongoing purchase costs
and maintenance of existing
equipment
•Ongoing purchase costs of
ammunition
• Additional equipment
17 Complaints
1 regarding the
use of the stun
bag shotgun
01 1 regarding the
display of the
stun bag shotgun
(unfounded)
02 1 regarding the
use of a
“flashbang”
03 18
Law
Enforcement
Support Office
Program
• Authorization remains to
participate in the program
•No acquisition of equipment
during this time period
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