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File Number: 23-212 (4)The total annual cost for each type of military equipment, including acquisition, personnel, training, transportation, maintenance, storage, upgrade, and other ongoing costs, and from what source funds will be provided for the military equipment in the calendar year following submission of the annual military equipment report. (5)The quantity possessed for each type of military equipment. (6)If the law enforcement agency intends to acquire additional military equipment in the next year, the quantity sought for each type of military equipment. Within 30 days of submitting and publicly releasing an annual military equipment report pursuant to this section, the law enforcement agency shall hold at least one well-publicized and conveniently located community engagement meeting, at which the general public may discuss and ask questions regarding the annual military equipment report and the law enforcement agency's funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment. On May 16, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2022-006 Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition and Use Policy and Adding Chapter 4-42 “Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition and Use Policy” To Title 4. “Public Welfare” of The Municipal Code in Compliance With Assembly Bill 481. At that meeting, the City Council further directed that in the future staff bring forward the adopted policy to the Community Police Review Board (CPRB) for its review once practicable (since the ordinance creating the Board had only just been recently adopted at that time and it had yet to have its membership appointed by the City Council). Based on Council’s direction, the Department brought the policy forward for review by the CPRB at its regular meeting of April 19, 2023, which was publicly noticed. That meeting included a staff presentation coupled with robust questions and dialogue facilitated by the CPRB. At the conclusion of the meeting, the CPRB unanimously voted (with one member absent) to affirm a motion that included the following general provisions (modified for clarity and/or to reference relevant policies): (1)The Community Police Review Board shall be designated in the policy as the community engagement” forum for the annual review of the SLPD military equipment use report. (SLPD Policy 707.9). (2)The military equipment inventory on authorized uses for the Department’s robot and unmanned aerial devices shall be amended to specify that these devices shall not be used for deadly force (items # 1-4 in the Inventory). (3)The Department agreed to consider further whether there is a need to retain the current “Use in Exigent Circumstances” section in the policy and/or whether to amend the policy with a definition of “exigent circumstance” (SLPD Policy 707.8) (4)The Department agreed to consider amending the policy to specifically exclude from use those categories of military equipment which the Department currently does not now possess. (5)The Department agreed to review the authorized use sections of the Military Equipment Inventory for chemical agents (e.g., CS/tear gas) and kinetic energy projectiles (e.g., rubber bullets or pellets) to assure compliance with AB 48, which restricts the use of such devices from being used at First Amendment assemblies (related to SLPD policies 303 and 431). Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/10/2023