DATE:
April 8, 2025
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - ACCEPT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT AND REVIEW AND RENEW THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY ORDINANCE ARTICLE LXIV SECTION 955 OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDINANCES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 481 (AB 481). Codified in Government Code sections 7070-7075, AB 481 requires the governing body of a law enforcement agency to annually renew approval of a military equipment use policy for such equipment to be requested, acquired, or deployed by the agency. On May 10, 2022 (1), and annually thereafter the Board of Supervisors has approved and adopted the San Diego County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation Military Equipment Use Policy (Policy) under Article LXIV Section 955 of the San Diego County Code of Administrative Ordinances (Ordinance 10789).
Government Code 7072 also requires law enforcement agencies to present an annual report to their governing body on the use of the equipment, complaints, or concerns regarding the use of the equipment, results of any internal audits on the use of the equipment, the annual costs for the equipment, the quantity possessed by the agency, and the intent to purchase additional equipment in the following year.
Today's request is for the Board of Supervisors to accept the San Diego District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation Annual Military Equipment Report (Report), determine that each type of equipment has complied with the standards for approval set forth in Government Code section 7071(d), and to review and renew Ordinance 10789 relating to the Military Equipment Use Policy in compliance with AB 481.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1. Accept and file the San Diego District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation Annual Military Equipment Report per Government Code section 7071(d) and dete...
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