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Lompoc renews police military equipment policy; council notes planned drone program
Summary
The council reviewed and renewed the Lompoc Police Department's 2025 military equipment inventory and use policy under Assembly Bill 481, asked staff to correct date language and to add upcoming drone first-responder information, and approved the ordinance renewal 5–0.
The Lompoc Police Department presented its 2025 annual military equipment report under Assembly Bill 481 and recommended the council renew the ordinance adopting the department's policy and inventory.
The police presenter said the 2025 inventory is largely unchanged from the prior year with some adjustments for munitions and noted the department received new rifles for the SWAT team; older rifles were converted to simunitions for training. "The recommendation is that the council review the Lompoc Police Department's 2025 annual military equipment report," the presenter said, and confirmed that the report documents funding, acquisition and use for each listed type of equipment.
Council and staff discussed whether anticipated 2026 acquisitions should be listed; the presenter confirmed a drone first-responder program is in process and city attorney recommended revising instances that now read "2025" for future acquisitions to read "2026." The police presenter clarified for the record that there are no automatic weapons in the inventory. The council approved renewal and corrected the report language; the motion passed on a 5–0 vote.
Next steps: staff will update the ordinance language to reflect the corrected year references and include the drone as an anticipated 2026 acquisition in the documentation.
