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Woodland Police report lists armored rescue vehicle, 11 drones and no chemical-agent use in 2025; council adopts AB 481 report
Summary
The Woodland Police Department reported its AB 481 (military equipment) inventory and 2025 usage to the council: an armored rescue vehicle, rifles across patrol/SWAT, diversionary tools, 11 drones (389 flights), and no explosive breaching or chemical-agent deployments in 2025; the council adopted the report by resolution.
Police Chief Ryan Canan and Lieutenant Parsons presented the Woodland Police Department’s annual AB 481 (military equipment) inventory and usage summary during the May 5 council meeting, and the council adopted a resolution acknowledging receipt of the report.
The equipment inventory reported included a 2009 International MaxPro armored rescue vehicle (seats eight), multiple 5.56 rifles (Colt Bushmaster, Daniel Defense platforms), two sniper rifles (an ArmaLite .762 and a Remington 700 .308), breaching tools and breaching shotgun capability for doors, 40mm launchers capable of delivering OC/CS, pepper-ball launchers and distraction devices (flash bangs), and 11 small unmanned aircraft systems (drones).
Usage summary for 2025 included 17 tactical operations by a multi-jurisdictional team (covering Woodland, West Sacramento and Yolo County partners). Lieutenant Parsons said the armored rescue vehicle was used in 16 of 17 tactical operations. Firearms were deployed in those tactical operations as standard equipment; Parsons reported no explosive breaching in 2025 and no deployment of chemical agents on tactical operations in 2025, though pepperball and 40mm systems were used in limited patrol incidents and tactical contexts (the 40mm was used in four tactical operations to disable surveillance cameras on a target residence). The department logged about 389 drone flights in 2025 (including training), roughly double the prior year.
Chief Canan framed the inventory in the context of public-safety needs and noted the department’s personnel changes and recent promotions; Lieutenant Parsons, who oversees the program and is retiring this summer, reviewed operational details and fielded council questions about jurisdictional scope and weapons counts.
The council adopted the required AB 481 resolution by voice vote after a brief motion from Mayor Pro Tem Mayra Vega and a second from Council Member David Moreno.
Why it matters: AB 481 requires local reporting on certain types of policing equipment and their use; the inventory and the usage numbers give residents and oversight bodies a documented summary of equipment availability and deployment over the prior year.
