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709.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for the approval, acquisition, and reporting
requirements of military equipment (Government Code § 7070; Government Code § 7071;
Government Code § 7072).
709.1.1 DEFINITIONS
Definitions related to this policy include (Government Code § 7070):
Governing body – The elected or appointed body that oversees the [Department/Office].
Military equipment – Includes but is not limited to the following:
• Unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles.
• Mine -resistant ambush- protected (MRAP) vehicles or armored personnel carriers.
• High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV), two-and-one-half-ton trucks,
five-ton trucks, or wheeled vehicles that have a breaching or entry apparatus attached.
• Tracked armored vehicles that provide ballistic protection to their occupants.
• Command and control vehicles that are either built or modified to facilitate the
operational control and direction of public safety units.
• Weaponized aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of any kind.
• Battering rams, slugs, and breaching apparatuses that are explosive in nature. This
does not include a handheld, one- person ram.
• Firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber or greater, excluding standard -issue shotguns
and standard- issue shotgun ammunition.
• Specialized firearms and ammunition of less than .50 c aliber, including firearms and
accessories identified as assault weapons in Penal Code § 30510 and Penal Code §
30515, with the exception of standard- issue firearms.
• Any firearm or firearm accessory that is designed to launch explosive projectiles.
• Noise -flash diversionary devices and explosive breaching tools.
• Munitions containing tear gas or OC, excluding standard, service- issued handheld
pepper spray.
• TASER® Shockwave, microwave weapons, water cannons, and long -range acoustic
devices (LRADs).
• Kinetic energy weapons and munitions.
• Any other equipment as determined by a governing body or a state agency to require
additional oversight. Policy
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709.2 POLICY
It is the policy of the Colusa County Sheriff's Department that members of this [department/office]
comply with the provisions of Government Code § 7071 with respect to military equipment .
709.3 MILITARY EQUIPMENT COORDINATOR
The Sheriff should designate a member of this [department/office] to act as the military equipment
coordinator. The responsibilities of the military equipment coordinator include but are not limited to:
(a) Acting as liaison to the governing body for matters related to the requirements of this
policy.
(b) Identifying [department/office] equipment that qualifies as military equipment in the
current possession of the [Department/Office], or the equipment the [Department/
Office] int ends to acquire that requires approval by the governing body.
(c) Conducting an inventory of all military equipment at least annually.
(d) Collaborating with any allied agency that may use military equipment within the jurisdiction of Colusa County Sheriff's Depar tment (Government Code § 7071).
(e) Preparing for, scheduling, and coordinating the annual community engagement
meeting to include:
1. Publicizing the details of the meeting.
2. Preparing for public questions regarding the [department/office]’s funding,
acquisition, and use of equipment.
(f) Preparing the annual military equipment report for submission to the Sheriff and ensuring that the report is made available on the [department/office] website
(Government Code § 7072).
(g) Establishing the procedure for a person to regis ter a complaint or concern, or how that
person may submit a question about the use of a type of military equipment, and how
the [Department/Office] will respond in a timely manner.
709.4 MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
The following constitutes a list of qualifying equipment for the [Department/O ffice]:
See attachment POLICY 709.4 MILITARY EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
Here in and incorporated by reference.
709.5 APPROVAL
The Sheriff or the authorized designee shall obtain approval from the governing body by way of
an ordinance adopting the military equipment policy. As part of the approval process, the Sheriff
or the authorized designee shall ensure the proposed military equipment policy is submitted to
the governing body and is available on the [department/office] webs ite at least 30 days prior to
any public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue (Government Code § 7071). The military equipment policy must be approved by the governing body prior to engaging in any of the
following (Government Code § 7071):
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