City Council

NEW BUSINESS\nNB 1. Introduce and Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. __ to the Lancaster Municipal Code approving\nthe updated Lancaster Police Department's Military Equipment Use Policy\nRecommendation(s):\nIntroduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No.____ to the Lancaster Municipal Code\napproving the updated Lancaster Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy.\nGovernor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481 on September 30, 2021, which aims to regulate\nthe financing, procurement, and utilization of "military equipment" by law enforcement\nagencies in California. AB 481 is a state requirement that all agencies disclose the purchase\nor intent to purchase certain listed equipment available to Law Enforcement agencies from\nthe federal government as military surplus.