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Rules Committee forwards amended Sheriff's equipment policy and AB 481 compliance to the full Board
Summary
The Rules Committee voted unanimously to send an amended Sheriff's Department equipment policy and associated Administrative Code amendments to the full Board with a positive recommendation, noting added reporting deadlines and changes on chemical agent launchers and discussion about MP5 submachine guns.
The San Francisco Rules Committee voted Jan. 30 to send to the full Board an amended ordinance and equipment-use policy for the Sheriff's Department that the committee's chair said aligns the department's rules with state law (AB 481) and adds reporting and deployment clarifications.
Chair Aaron Peskin thanked Sheriff Vicki Hennessy Miyamoto and department staff for extensive collaboration and said the updated policy and non-substantive amendments circulated that morning address many community concerns. The committee accepted…
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