City Council

20.\nCONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN UPDATED AB 481 POLICY\nAND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT – F2M22-41, O2M26-\n4858, M2M26-47\nOn April 25, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. O2M22-4803 approving a\nMilitary Equipment Use Policy (“Policy”) pursuant to assembly Bill 481 (“AB 481”). In\naccordance with the legislation and the Policy, a military equipment report must be\nsubmitted to the City Council annually for each type of military equipment approved within\none year of approval, and annually thereafter for as long as the military equipment is\navailable for use. Alhambra’s 2025 Annual Military Equipment Report and the Police\nDepartment’s updated policy, are outlined in the Chief of Police’s staff report dated March\n23, 2026. AB 481 requires that the Council determine, based on the annual military\nequipment report submitted pursuant to Section 7072, whether each type of military\nequipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth\nin Government Code section 7071(d). Staff reviewed Department records and determined\nthere were no complaints or concerns reported on the use of the equipment in 2025.\nAdditionally, the Department conducted an internal audit and determined that there were\nno violations of the military equipment use policy.\nRecommended Action:\nCity Council, by one motion, take the following actions:\n1.\nDeclare introduced for its first reading the following ordinance entitled:\nOrdinance No. O2M26-4858: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of\nAlhambra implementing AB 481 by approving an updated policy for the use of\nmilitary equipment by the Alhambra Police Department\nwhich ordinance will return for a second reading and adoption at the next regular\nCouncil meeting; and,\n2.\nApprove the Alhambra Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Report set\nforth in the Chief of Police’s March 23, 2026 report per the requirements under\nAssembly Bill 481. (M2M26-47)