City Council

NEW BUSINESS NB 1. Introduce and Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. __ to the Lancaster Municipal Code approving the updated Lancaster Police Department's Military Equipment Use Policy Recommendation(s): Introduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No.____ to the Lancaster Municipal Code approving the updated Lancaster Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy. Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481 on September 30, 2021, which aims to regulate the financing, procurement, and utilization of "military equipment" by law enforcement agencies in California. AB 481 is a state requirement that all agencies disclose the purchase or intent to purchase certain listed equipment available to Law Enforcement agencies from the federal government as military surplus.