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Rules Committee delays vote on Sheriff's military-equipment report after community concern and pending investigation
Summary
The committee continued a resolution accepting the San Francisco Sheriff's 2024 Military Equipment Use Policy report and requests for additional equipment after public concerns about a chemical agent training incident and while an internal investigation remains open.
The Rules Committee on Monday continued a resolution that would accept the San Francisco Sheriff's 2024 Military Equipment Use Policy annual report and inventory and approve several equipment purchases and continued use of existing items.
Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and department staff gave a detailed presentation on the department's Military Equipment Use Policy inventory and deployment history for calendar year 2024, describing items that include unmanned aerial systems (drones), a mobile command vehicle and rapid-response vehicles, patrol and special-response rifles, sniper rifles, diversionary devices ("flashbangs"), chemical-agent launchers and less-lethal impact munitions. The sheriff said most listed items were used only for training during…
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