11. INTRODUCTION AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 1545 APPROVING TUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL ORDER 708 - MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE POLICY
Assembly Bill (AB) 481 requires the Tustin Police Department (“Department”) to seek City Council approval by ordinance for the funding, acquisition, and use of equipment defined by the law as “military equipment.” This report outlines staff’s work in complying with the new law and recommends the introduction of an ordinance approving the Department’s continued utilization of this equipment and a policy governing the Department’s use of the equipment outlined in Tustin Police Department General Order 708 – Military Equipment Use Policy.