City of Stockton Police Department
Assembly Bill 481
Military Equipment Use
Public Hearing – April 5, 2022
Agenda Item 16.1
Assembly Bill 481
• Approved on September 30, 2021
• Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain
approval, by way of ordinance by the council, for
the adoption of a military equipment use policy.
• Prior to the funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment, as defined.
• Continued use of current equipment for:
o Items designated prohibited for civilians or
controlled by the Federal Defense Logistics
Agency, OR
o Other equipment as determined by a governing
body or a state agency to require additional
oversight.
Assembly Bill 481
• Stockton Police General Order F-02a Military Equipment • Military equipment includes, but is not limited to:
o unmanned, remotely piloted vehicles
o command and control vehicles
o noise-flash diversio
nary devices
o kinetic energy weapons and munitions
•All items in this policy are currently in use at the
Department
and have use policies in place.
Current Police Department Equipment
•Unmanned aerial systems
• UAS
•Wheeled vehicles that have a breaching or entry
apparatus attached
• Lenco Bearcat
•Command and control vehicles that facilitate the
operational control and direction of public safety units. • Mobile Command Post, Mobile Negotiations Unit, SWAT 1 •Breaching apparatuses that are explosive in nature
• Any directed explosive charge that electronically detonates
Bearcat
SWAT 1
Mobile Negotiations Unit*
* Rendering of the vehicle which was ordered in 2021, estimated arrival May 2022 Current Police Department Equipment
•Specialized firearms and ammunition of less than .50
caliber
• Semiautomatic .308 rifle “OBR” , Colt M-4 Rifles
•Noise-flash diversionary devices
• Flashbangs
•Munitions containing tear gas or OC, excluding
standard, service-issued handheld pepper spray
• CS Gas (Tear gas)
•Kinetic energy weapons and munitions.
• Bean bag shotgun, 40mm launcher – discharges less lethal foam round, CS gas cartridges, and OC Cartridges, OC pepper balls
Additional Requirements
• Establish a designee for the annual report on the
Department’s military equipment inventory.
o SWAT Commander
• Beginning in January 2023, the department shall
o Hold at least one well-publicized and conveniently
located community engagement meeting,
o 30 days of submitting and publicly releasing an annual report o To respond to public questions regarding,
Funding,
Acquisition,
or continued use of military equipment.
Recommendation
Approve a non-codified ordinance for:
• The adoption of Stockton Police Department
General Order F-02a as the military equipment
use policy, in accordance with Assembly Bill 481.
• Continue the use of the equipment, currently
used by the Stockton Police Department, in
accordance with the current policies