County of Monterey - File #: 22-756

• File #: 22-756
• Name: Military Equipment Ordinance
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/5/2022
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 8/23/2022
• Final action: 8/23/2022
• Title: a. Introduce, waive first reading, and set September 13, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance approving a military equipment use policy for the District Attorney's Office pursuant to Assembly Bill 481. b. Provide direction to staff as appropriate.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/23/2022	Board of Supervisors	approved	Pass

Title
a. Introduce, waive first reading, and set September 13, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance approving a military equipment use policy for the District Attorney's Office pursuant to Assembly Bill 481.
b. Provide direction to staff as appropriate.

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Introduce, waive first reading, and set September 13, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance approving a military equipment use policy for the District Attorney's Office pursuant to Assembly Bill 481.
b. Provide direction to staff as appropriate.
SUMMARY:
On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 481. AB 481 addresses the funding, acquisition, and use of items lawmakers deemed to be considered "military equipment." This bill requires law enforcement agencies, including the District Attorney's Office, "to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by adoption of a military equipment use policy, as specified, by ordinance at a regular meeting held pursuant to specified open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment, as defined." The attached ordinance establishes a military equipment use policy by adding the attached "Military Equipment" policy to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office Investigation Bureau Policy Manual.
DISCUSSION:
AB 481 requires each law enforcement agency's governing body to adopt a written military equipment use policy by ordinance in a public meeting, in order to continue the use of previously acquired military equipment. The District Attorney's Office Draft Military Equipment Policy is attached here and is posted on the District Attorney's website.
The AB 481 defined list of military equipment currently in the District Attorney Investigation Bureau's possession is included in the draft Military Equipment Policy. Als...