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Stockton council approves continued use and acquisition of police 'military equipment' after annual report
Summary
After a public hearing and council questions about funding, the Stockton City Council approved the police department's 2024 military‑equipment report and authorized continued use and future acquisitions, including drones, EOD robots and a tracked vehicle; motion carried 6–0 (Councilmember Ponce absent).
The Stockton City Council on May 13 approved the Stockton Police Department's 2024 military‑equipment annual report and authorized continued use and potential acquisitions under Assembly Bill 41.
Lieutenant Ryan Terrell, the department's training manager and SWAT commander, summarized the report and the department's request at a public hearing. Terrell listed existing equipment and use-cases — “21 UAS or drones,” explosive-ordnance‑disposal robots, an armored Bearcat vehicle, command-and-control vehicles, and a range of less‑lethal and breaching tools — and described training and the department's policy on oversight and public transparency. He told the council the department deployed UAS 1,051 times in 2024 and that some deployments “often led to the apprehension of fleeing suspects” and…
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