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San José accepts annual military-equipment report; council authorizes purchases contingent on funding
Summary
The council accepted the San José Police Department's 2024 military-equipment report and approved authorization requests for acquisitions (drones, bomb-disposal robots, and a new chemical-agent deployment system) subject to available funds; public commenters criticized use of funds for military-style gear.
The San José City Council accepted the police department's annual military-equipment report for calendar 2024 and approved staff requests to authorize future purchases contingent on funding availability.
Captain Randy Torres, who oversees special operations and the department's military-equipment inventory, told the council that the department documented 189 events involving military-class equipment across 246 deployments in 2024. He also reported 671 unmanned aerial system (drone)…
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