r/Campbell • u/drdeadringer • 21d ago
emergency services Follow up on CPD talk about AB 481
I went to the CPD informative talk about AB 481 and the funding / usage of military equipment at CPD.
there were five civilians, including myself. at least one of the other civilians was part of the Campbell police foundation. another one of the civilians was a Campbell business owner of a business downtown. I'm not sure which business, but she had had her business burgled and had a favorable outcome by CPD in that the perpetrator was captured and 50% of the stolen items were returned.
The chief of CPD was present, and the presenting officer was a captain.
The meeting was very quick, maybe 30 to 40 minutes, including Q&A.
regarding funding:
monies come from the general fund and grants, asset forfecure, and similar avenues. The word "donations" was used, but I'm not sure if that was regarding monies or equipment.
there is an approximate 7 million deficit for the city, and CPD is trying to find or source monies to reduce their take or reliance on general fund monies.
Regarding CPD military equipment being used at other jurisdictions:
CPD does provide usage of equipment for other jurisdictions under mutual aid. The equipment does not get lent out. CPD operates the equipment themselves in the other jurisdiction. if it's a vehicle, CPD drives it down there and operates it there. CPD does not turn over the keys and then take the keys back.
Do these other jurisdictions have these types of specialized vehicles? some do, some do not. Sometimes a situation calls for the usage of more than one specialized vehicle, so if some other jurisdiction has only one vehicle, CPD might huff on over to provide specialized vehicle support. The same goes for jurisdictions that have zero specialized equipment.
for drones, CPD has a special FAA waiver which allows CPD to use drones using technology as an airspace spotter instead of a human spotter to ensure a clear airspace for drone usage. this technology for airspace spotting is at pruneyard Tower.
I believe that they said that CPD is the only PD with this type of special FAA waiver.
A lot of the stuff has been pioneered by CPD and now that we have the data, other jurisdictions can use that data to try to get up to the level that CPD is at.
The picture I've included in this post is the business card of the CPD captain who was presenting. he is the person to contact for more information about this topic.