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Board accepts Sheriff's AB 481 military‑equipment report; officials stress transparency and limits
Summary
The Board approved the annual Assembly Bill 481 report and findings required for the Sheriff's list of equipment, after Sheriff's Office described outreach, policy safeguards and training governing use of listed equipment.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Sheriff's annual Assembly Bill 481 military equipment report and adopted the resolution making the required findings under state law.
The Sheriff's Office presentation outlined the county’s compliance steps under AB 481, the 2021 law governing transparency for certain law‑enforcement equipment. Sheriff Ingram told the board, “none of the equipment in this report is actually military equipment. It is the name that the legislature decided to give the equipment described in…
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