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SCCPS - ACTION ITEM: (1) Review the Culver City Police Department Military Equipment Annual Report (2024-2025) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 481; (2) Receive Community Input and Questions Regarding the Military Equipment Annual Report and CCPD's Funding, Acquisition, or Use of Military Equipment, Pursuant to Government Code Section 7072(b); and (3) Provide Recommendations to the Chief of Police regarding the Military Equipment Annual Report and Related Practices, Protocols, Policies and Procedures As Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: October 28, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Luis Martinez, Captain / Police Department
Phone Number: (310) 253 - 6391
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Public Notification: (e-mail) Meetings & Agendas - Standing City Council Police Subcommittee (10/27/2025); (posted) Police Department website (09/25/2025)
Department Approval: Jason Sims, Chief of Police (09/25/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Standing City Council Police Subcommittee (1) review the Culver City Police Department Military Equipment Annual Report (2024-2025) pursuant to Assembly Bill 481; (2) receive any community input and questions regarding the Military Equipment Annual Report and CCPD's funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment, pursuant to Government Code Section 7072(b); and (3) provide recommendations to the Chief of Police regarding the Military Equipment Annual Report and related practices, protocols, policies and procedures as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 481 (AB 481 or the Bill), codified at Government Code ? 7070 through 7075. AB 481 requires a law enforcement agency (LEA) to obtain approval from the applicable governing body, via adoption of a "military equipment" use policy by ordinance, prior to th...
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