DATE: June 16, 2026
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Manager & Chief of Police
SUBJECT
Title
Military Equipment Use: Approve the Hayward Police Department's Annual Military Equipment Use Report for April 2025 through March 2026 and Renew Ordinance 22-06 Adopting Military Equipment Use Policy No. 706 in Compliance with Assembly Bill No. 481.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council: (1) Review the Hayward Police Department's (HPD) Annual Military Equipment Use Report for April 2025 through March 2026 (Attachment II); and (2) Adopt a resolution (Attachment III) renewing HPD's Military Equipment Use Policy No. 706 (Attachment IV) and Ordinance 22-06 (Attachment V). The resolution authorizes the HPD to continue to use the equipment in its inventory (Attachment VI), in accordance with applicable law and policy, and to purchase additional and/or replacement equipment.
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SUMMARY
Assembly Bill (AB) 481, which went into effect on January 1, 2022, requires California law enforcement agencies to obtain the approval of a Military Equipment Use Policy via the adoption of an Ordinance by their respective governing bodies before funding, acquiring, or using law enforcement equipment now defined under AB 481 as "military equipment." The City Council adopted Ordinance 22-06, approving HPD's Military Equipment Use Policy No. 706, on July 5, 2022.
Annually, HPD is required to submit a report on the use of Military Equipment for that year for approval by City Council, as well as seek Council approval to renew Ordinance 22-06. Staff has done this each June since 2022.
At this meeting, staff is requesting that Council adopt two resolutions for the following:
1. Approval of HPD's Annual Military Equipment Use Report for April 2025 - March 2026.
2. Renewal of the HPD's Military Equipment Use Policy No. 706.
3. Renewal of Ordinance 22-06, authorizing the continued use of this equipment in accordance w...
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