PoliceDepartment
AB 481 Military Equipment
1 City Council Meeting
July 25,2023
John Cregan, Chief of Police
Dan Marincik, Captain
AB 481
• September 30, 2021- Assembly Bill 481 signed
into law.
• 481: Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition
and Use
• Help with transparency, accountability, oversight of
acquisition and use of equipment
• Safeguards to protect public welfare, safety, civil
rights and liberties
• Requires an annual report and renewal of
approval by Council. The report includes the
use and future acquisition of items.
2 SRPD’s Eight Categories of
Equipment
1. Unmanned Aerial or Ground Vehicles
2. Armored Personnel Carriers (Armored Rescue Vehicles)
3. Command and Control Vehicles
4. Battering Rams, Slugs, and Breaching Apparatuses that are Explosive in Nature
5. Specialized Firearms and Ammunition of less than .50 caliber
6. “Flashbang” grenades, “tear gas” and “pepper balls”
(Chemical Agents/Diversionary Devices)
7. Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)
8. Projectile Launchers 3
Unmanned Aerial or Ground Vehicles
• Deployments 165
• Cost $15,288.52
• Future Purchases:
• Drone - Autel EVO II- 8 Drones
• Drone - Fotokite Tethered Drone-1 Drone
• Robot - Skyhero Sigyn MK1- 1 Robot
4 Armored Rescue Vehicle
• Deployments: 14
• Cost $394,900.64
• Future Purchases:
• None planned other than ongoing maintenance
5 Mobile Command Vehicle
• Deployments 0 (Not currently in service)
• Cost $5,063
• Future Purchases:
• 1 Mobile Command Vehicle to be purchased using grant funds 6 Explosive Breaching
• Deployments 0
• Cost $0
• Future Purchases:
• 1-Kinetic Breaching Tool
7 Specialized Firearms and
Ammunition
• Deployments 11 SWAT Operations (No actual firearm discharges) • Cost $0
• Future Purchases:
• .308 Hornady 168 Grain- 1500 Rounds
• 5.56mm Hornady SBR Tap- 2000 Rounds
• 5.56mm-FN15 14.5” Rifle- 8 Rifles
8 Flashbangs/Chemical Agents
• Deployments 0 Field Deployments
41 Deployments for Training
• Cost $0
• Future Purchases:
• CTS CS# 5230-40
• CTS Diversionary Device#7290- 40
• Deftech OC Aerosol#1056- 20
• Deftech CS Barricade# 2262-40
• Deftech OC Aerosol# 56854-20
9 Long Range Acoustic Device
• Deployments 11 during SWAT Operations
• Cost $0
• Future Purchases:
• None
10 Projectile Launchers
• Deployments 3
• Cost $0
• Future Purchases:
• 100 sponge rounds (Deftech eXact Impact round)
11 Questions
• Additional information including the annual report can be found at:
• https://www.srcity.org/3854/Military-Equipment
• Email: [email protected]
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