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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 |
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CC 10. Lancaster Police Station Microgrid Project
Recommendation(s):
1. Award contract to construct the Lancaster Police Department Microgrid Project, to Mynt
Systems in a not to exceed amount of $941,170.
2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute any additional amendments to the
Agreement deemed necessary to complete the project in a form approved by the City
Attorney.
3. Find that the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A
notice of exemption was filed on September 7, 2018.
The Lancaster Police Department Station is a vital emergency operations and training center
for our community, serving Lancaster Police personnel, County Sheriff deputies, and other
law enforcement and first responder staff. The Police Department is in need of extended
clean energy backup capabilities, and reduced energy bills. The proposed microgrid project,
consisting of solar and battery backup power, will enhance the facility’s ability to provide
clean backup power during increasingly frequent power are consistent with existing needs
assessments and the planned expansion of the facility. |
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