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Madera council affirms police military equipment policy, accepts annual report on drones and other gear
Summary
The council unanimously affirmed its military equipment use ordinance and accepted the police department’s annual AB 481 report detailing drones, diversionary devices, mobile command assets and other equipment. Lieutenant Mark Adams described typical operational uses, including perimeter surveillance and fire response support.
Madera’s city council on March 18 affirmed the police department’s military equipment use ordinance and accepted the department’s annual report required under California’s AB 481 transparency law.
Operations Lieutenant Mark Adams presented the inventory and summarized deployment rationales: unmanned aerial systems (drones) for perimeter and fire mapping, robots for…
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