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Escondido council renews approval of police military-equipment policy and annual report under AB 481
Summary
The City Council approved Ordinance 2025-O2 and accepted the Escondido Police Department's annual military equipment report required by Assembly Bill 481, listing equipment inventories and uses in 2024 including 211 drone missions and limited uses of 40mm launchers and chemical agents.
The Escondido City Council voted 4-0 to adopt ordinance 2025-O2 and approve the Escondido Police Department's annual military equipment report required under Assembly Bill 481.
Interim Police Chief Ryan Banks presented the department's annual report and the accompanying military equipment use policy, which AB 481 requires for funding, acquisition and use of specified equipment. "We established a military equipment use policy," Banks said, summarizing the department's compliance actions: "We compile complaints regarding these items, public transparency, and we have city council oversight."
The report cataloged the department's equipment and documented…
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