File #: 22-729    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/6/2022 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 7/19/2022 Final action:
Title: 9:35 A.M. - Consideration of Ordinance to adopt Lake County Sheriff’s Office “Military Equipment” Policy #708
Sponsors: Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Proposed Policy 708, 2. military equipment use ordinance

Memorandum

 

 

Date:                                          July 19, 2022

 

To:                                          The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors

 

From:                                          Brian L. Martin, Sheriff/Coroner

 

Subject:                     Approval of Ordinance to adopt Lake County Sheriff’s Office “Military Equipment” Policy #708

 

 

Executive Summary:  

 

On June 7, 2022, the Sheriff’s Department presented the following information to your Board:

 

On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481 (“AB 481”), which became effective on January 1, 2022. AB 481 stated goals are to provide legally enforceable safeguards to protect the public’s welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties before military equipment is funded, acquired, or used.

 

Section 7071 requires each law enforcement agency to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by adoption of a military equipment use policy, by ordinance at a regular meeting held pursuant to specified open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, use, or collaboration with another agency in the use, of military equipment. The section requires similar approval for the continued use of military equipment acquired before January 1, 2022, with May 1, 2022 as the deadline for an agency to begin a governing body approval process.

 

A law enforcement agency seeking the approval of the governing body must submit a proposed military equipment use policy to the governing body and make those documents available on the agency’s website at least 30 days before any public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue

 

Attached is the Ordinance presented to your Board at this time along with a draft copy of our Policy regarding the use of “Military Equipment” for your review and approval.

 

 

 

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Recommended Action:   The Sheriff’s Department recommends approval of Ordinance to adopt Lake County Sheriff’s Office “Military Equipment” Policy #708.