AB 2546 – Military Equipment

Existing law governs the acquisition and use of tools defined as “military equipment,” regardless of how the equipment is acquired. Law enforcement agencies are required to adopt a military equipment use policy and obtain approval from their governing body before they receive military equipment.

Assembly Bill 2546 (AB 2546) revises the definition of specified military equipment to include two types of devices, where it previously identified only specific makes of such devices: “military equipment” now includes all area denial electroshock devices, as opposed to only those with the Taser shockwave trade name, and all long-range acoustic devices, acoustic hailing devices, and sound cannons, in lieu of only the Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) trade name.

(AB 2546 amends section 7070 of the Government Code.)