DATE:
April 9, 2024
02
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 PER SECTION 955 TO ARTICLE XXV 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 a military equipment use policy be approved by the governing body of a law enforcement agency for such equipment to be requested, acquired, or deployed by the agency. On May 10, 2022 (1), the Board of Supervisors approved and adopted the San Diego County District Attorney's (DA) Office Bureau of Investigation Military Equipment Use Policy under Article LXIV Section 955 of the San Diego County Code of Administrative Ordinances (Ordinance 10789) and on May 2, 2023 (1), the Board of Supervisors approved an updated Military Equipment Use Policy.
Government Code 7072 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 and review and renew Ordinance 10789.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1. Accept and file the San Diego District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation Annual Military Equipment Report per California Assembly Bill No. 481 and determine each type of equipment in the Report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in Government Code section 7071(d).
2. Review and renew Ordinanc...
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