A. The city council finds and makes the following determinations regarding the Murrieta Police Department Policy # 709 - Military Equipment Policy ("policy"):
1. The military equipment identified in the policy is necessary because there is no reasonable alternative that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety;
2. The policy will safeguard the public's welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties;
3. The military equipment identified in the policy is reasonably cost effective compared to available alternatives that can achieve the same objective of officer and civilian safety; and
4. Prior military equipment use complied with the applicable equipment use policy (which included equipment now defined as military equipment) that was in effect at the time, or if prior uses did not comply with the accompanying military equipment use policy, corrective action has been taken to remedy nonconforming uses and ensure future compliance.
B. The Murrieta Police Department submitted the policy to the city council and made the policy available on the Murrieta Police Department's website for at least thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue.
C. The policy was considered by the city council as an agenda item in an open session of a regular meeting, noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, at which public comment was permitted.
D. The policy shall be made publicly available on the Murrieta Police Department's internet website for as long as the military equipment is available for use.
E. The Murrieta Police Department shall submit an annual military equipment use report to the city council containing the information required in California Government Code Section 7072, as that section may be amended from time to time, and the city council shall determine whether each type of military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval set forth in A.1. through A.4., above.
F. The city council shall review this chapter, and vote on whether to renew it, on an annual basis at a regular meeting, in accordance with California Government Code Section 7071(e)(2), as that section may be amended from time to time.
G. The city council approves the use of the policy and finds that it satisfies the requirements of Government Code Sections 7070, et seq. (Ord. 577 § 2, 2022)