§ 2.70.020 — Definitions

2.70.020 - Definitions.

A. "Military equipment" includes all of the specialized law enforcement equipment described in Government Code Section 7070 B. "Military Equipment Use Policy" means a publicly released, written document that includes, at a minimum, all of the following: 1. A description of each type of military equipment, the quantity sought, its capabilities, expected lifespan, and product descriptions from the manufacturer of the military equipment. 2. The purposes and authorized uses for which the law enforcement agency or the state agency proposes to use each type of military equipment. 3. The fiscal impact of each type of military equipment, including the initial costs of obtaining the equipment and estimated annual costs of maintaining the equipment. 4. The legal and procedural rules that govern each authorized use. 5. The training, including any course required by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, that must be completed before any officer, agent, or employee of the law enforcement agency or the state agency is allowed to use each specific type of military equipment to ensure the full protection of the public's welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties and full adherence to the military equipment use policy. 6. The mechanisms to ensure compliance with the military equipment use policy, including which independent persons or entities have oversight authority, and, if applicable, what legally enforceable sanctions are put in place for violations of the policy. 7. For a law enforcement agency, the procedures by which members of the public may register complaints or concerns or submit questions about the use of each specific type of military equipment, and how the law enforcement agency will ensure that each complaint, concern, or question receives a response in a timely manner. C. "Exigent circumstances" means a law enforcement agency's good faith belief that an emergency involving the danger of, or imminent threat of death or serious physical injury to any person is occurring, has occurred, or is about to occur. D. "State agency" means the law enforcement division of every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other state body or agency, except those agencies provided for in Article IV (except Section 20 thereof) or Article VI of the California Constitution. E. "Type" means each item that shares the same manufacturer model number.

(Ord. 7757, § 32, 2026; Ord. 7586 § 1(Exh. A), 2022)