City Council

CC 11. Adopt a resolution renewing the Lancaster Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy. Recommendation(s): 1. Receive Lancaster Police Department's annual military equipment use report. 2. Adopt Resolution No.____ renewing the Lancaster Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy. 3. Approve the purchase of equipment listed in the military equipment inventory list identified as “quantity sought” under each item inventory summary. a. (18) Geissele 5.56mm duty rifles b. (5) Pava (pepperball) projectile launchers + munitions (pepperballs) c. (500) Defense Technologies Drag Stabilized 12-Gauge Beanbag Rounds d. (2) 40mm Single Launcher and Alternative Impact Munitions 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, codified in California Government Code section 7070, et seq. 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. The Lancaster Police Department holds a community engagement meeting yearly at the Lancaster Police Department’s community room, wherein members of the public may attend to ask questions, complain, or comment on the military equipment use policy and inventory list. Additionally, members of the public are free to engage the city council during any public council meeting during the public hearing portion of each meeting. The public is not limited to commenting only at the yearly LPD community engagement meeting. The 2026 community meeting took place January 15, 2026 at 3:00pm, in the Lancaster Police Department Community Room. This is only a very basic summary of the equipment requested for purchase by the Lancaster Police Department. All of the items can be found in LPD’s military equipment inventory list, complete with extensive information including purposes/authorized use and training requirements prior to authorization of use. NEW BUSINESS