San Leandro City Council
March 3, 2025

California Assembly Bill 481: Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy 2024 Annual Update
Assistant Police Chief Torres
1 March 3, 2025
City Council Meeting
Agenda
 Assembly Bill 481 Overview
 “Military Equipment” Defined and Categorized
 San Leandro Police Inventory by Category
 How We Used the “Military Equipment”
 Concerns
 Policy Violations
 Additional Requests
 2025 Community Police Review Board Presentation
2 Assembly Bill 481 Overview
 Signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 30, 2021  Increases transparency, accountability and oversight for funding, acquisition and use of specified equipment
 Provides safeguards to protect public welfare, safety, and civil liberties
 Defines and categorizes “military equipment”
 Requires law enforcement agencies possessing “military equipment” to seek City Council approval for the
procurement and continued use of such equipment
 Requires an annual report to summarize usage, updates, community concerns and internal audits/policy violations 3 Military Equipment – Defined and Categorized
 Unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles (Category 1)  Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles or armored personnel carriers (Category 2)  High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV), two-and-one-half-ton trucks, five-ton trucks, or wheeled vehicles that have a breaching or entry apparatus attached (Category 3)
 Tracked armored vehicles that provide ballistic protection to their occupants (Category 4)  Command and control vehicles that are either built or modified to facilitate the operational control and direction of public safety units (Category 5)  Weaponized aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of any kind (Category 6)  Battering rams, slugs, and breaching apparatuses that are explosive in nature (Category 7)  Firearms of .50 caliber or greater (Category 8) |
 Ammunition of .50 caliber or greater (Category 9)
 Specialized firearms and ammunition of less than .50 caliber (Category 10)  Any firearm or firearm accessory that is designed to launch explosive projectiles (Category 11)  Noise-flash diversionary devices and explosive breaching tools, munitions containing tear gas or OC, excluding standard, service-issued handheld pepper spray (Category 12)
 Area denial electroshock devices, microwave weapons, water cannons, and long-range acoustic devices (Category 13)  Kinetic energy weapons and munitions (Category 14)
 Any other equipment as determined by a governing body or a state agency to require additional oversight (Category 15) 4 *Highlighted represents SLPD existing PD Equipment
SLPD Military Equipment - Categorized
• Tactical Robot Category 1 • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, also know as “drone”) • MedEvac Armored Personnel Carrier (Category 2) Category 2 & 3 • Battering ram attached to the MedEvac Armored Personnel Carrier (Category 3) • Mobile Command Post Category 5
• Mobile Hostage Negotiations Team Operation Command Vehicle • Breaching Shotguns Category 7 • Breaching Rounds
5 SLPD Military Equipment - Categorized
• AR-15 Rifles
• .308 Sniper Rifle
• Rifle Ammunition
Category 10
• Bean Bag Shotgun Category 11 • 40MM Launcher
• Diversionary Device (Flash Bangs) Category 12
• Chemical Agents
• 40MM Tactical Launcher
• Bean Bag Shotgun
• Bean Bags
Category 14 6
Military Equipment Usage in 2024
7 * Non-training settings January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024 SLPD Military Equipment – Category 1
• 62 Deployments
• Barricaded Subjects
• Warrant Service
• Scene Mapping
• Search for:
• Armed Individuals
• Burglary Suspects
• Theft Suspects
• Robbery Suspects
• Attempt/Murder Suspect
• Missing Persons
• Evidence Retrieval
Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles
8 SLPD Military Equipment – Category 2 & 3
MedEvac
Armored
Vehicle
9 • 21 Tactical Deployments
• Barricaded Subjects
• Armed Subject
• Shooting
• 2 Community Events
SLPD Military Equipment – Category 5
• 4 Deployments
• Cherry Festival
• Car Show
• San Leandro Pride Fest
• 12/29/24 Gas Leak
Mobile
Command
Post
• 5 Deployments
• Warrant Service
• Suicidal Subjects with Shots Fired
Mobile
Hostage
Negotiations
Command
Vehicle
10 SLPD Military Equipment – Category 12
• 2 Deployments (12 device launches)
• Barricaded Robbery Suspect in Stationary Vehicle (11 rounds) • Assault With a Deadly Weapon Suspect (1 round)
40MM
Launcher
• 12 Deployments w/ 40MM Launcher
• Barricaded Robbery Suspect in Stationary Vehicle (11 rounds) • Assault With a Deadly Weapon Suspect (1 round)
CS Gas Ferret
• 1 Deployment
• Barricaded Robbery Suspect in Stationary Vehicle
CS Gas
Canister 11
Community Complaints or Concerns Received
 None
12 Military Equipment Related Policy Violations
 None
13 2024/2025 Acquisitions – Category I0
 Primary Weapon Systems Patrol Rifle
 AB 481 approved purchase of 40 rifles in 2023
 20 rifles were purchased in February 2024
 $51,999.90 (Approx. $2,600/each)
 20 budgeted for FY 24/25
 Remaining 20 to be purchased in FY 24/25
 Approximately $3,000/each
 Rock River Arms Upper Half Receiver Rifle Replacement Parts  Converted 16 SWAT Rifles to Patrol Officer Use
 $10,794.38
14 2024 Removals– Category I0
 Removed (4) Personally Owned Rifles
 There are no longer any personally owned rifles that are being deployed by officers 15 Requests for 2025 – Category 7
 (2) Aardvark Kinetic Breaching Tool (KBT) Model: 3-1000  Hand-held self-contained impact ram, powered by .45 caliber powder-actuated cartridges  Allows for forced entry by defeating locking mechanisms, hinges, and doorframes  Increase operator safety by allowing operators to breach from behind a shield or to the side of the door.  Is more efficient and safer than a traditional battering ram or shotgun breaching  Approx. $14,000 each
 Expected Life Span of 10 years
 Will Replace the Breaching Shotguns
16 2025 Planned Removals– Category 7
 (4) Remington 870 Express Breaching Shotguns
 Royal Arms T.E.S.A.R. -1 Orange Cap Breach Rounds
 Royal Arms T.E.S.A.R. - 2 Black Cap Breach Rounds
*Will be removed upon approval and acquisition of AARDVARK Breaching Tool 17 2024 Community Police Review Board Feedback
 Community Meeting – February 19, 2025
 Board had no recommendations regarding the presentation or proposed equipment acquisitions/policy update language.
18 SLPD Assembly Bill 481 Website
 Current Policy
 Current Inventory
 https://www.sanleandro.org/1077/Assembly-Bill-481
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