Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Christina Corpus, Sheriff
Subject: Military Equipment Use Policy for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution renewing the County's ordinance that adopted and approved a Military Equipment Use Policy for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and making findings based on the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office's annual military equipment report for the period of May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023.
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BACKGROUND:
California Assembly Bill 481 amended the Government Code to regulate the funding, acquisition, and use of military equipment by law enforcement agencies. On April 19, 2022, this Board adopted an uncodified ordinance approving a Military Equipment Use Policy for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
Pursuant to Government Code section 7072, a law enforcement agency that receives approval for a military equipment use policy pursuant to Government Code section 7071 "shall submit to the governing body an annual military equipment report for each type of military equipment approved by the governing body within one year of approval, and annually thereafter for as long as the military equipment is available for use."
This Board is required to annually (1) renew the ordinance and (2) determine, based on the annual military equipment report submitted by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in Assembly Bill 481 and codified at Government Code section 7071(d).
DISCUSSION:
On April 19, 2022, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance 4865, which approved the Military Equipment Use Policy for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. This policy is compliant with AB 481 and is incorporated into the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Policy Manual as Policy 705-Military Equipment Use Po...
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