To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff's Annual Military Equipment Report for Calendar Year 2023
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1) RECEIVE the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff's annual military equipment report for calendar year 2023; (2) RENEW County Ordinance No. 2022-29, which adopted and approved a military equipment use policy for the Office of the Sheriff; and (3) MAKE necessary findings based on the Office of the Sheriff's annual military equipment report.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with receipt of the report and renewal of Ordinance No. 2022-29.
BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 481
Assembly Bill 481 ("AB 481"), enacted in 2021 and set forth in Government Code sections 7070-7075, requires law enforcement agencies to obtain governing body approval of a "Military Equipment Use Policy" by an ordinance before the agency can use existing qualifying equipment or obtain new qualifying equipment. "Military equipment" is defined in Government Code section 7070(c), and includes equipment such as drones, certain firearms, and mobile command vehicles.
On August 2, 2022, the Board adopted Ordinance No. 2022-29, approving Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff General Policy and Procedure Section 1.07.30, "Government Code ? 7070 Defined Equipment" ("Equipment Use Policy"). The Equipment Use Policy and associated appendix of inventory of qualifying equipment (acquired before January 1, 2022) have been publicly available on the Office of the Sheriff's website since May 2, 2022: https://www.cocosheriff.org/community-information/government-code-section-7070-defined-equipment.
The Office of the Sheriff is requesting that the Board take actions necessary to comply with AB 481, which include receiving the Government Code Section 7070 Defined Equipment Report from
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