2021/10/13 Council Agenda Packet

of land and over fourteen square miles of water. It is home to major employers such as Boeing and Naval Station Everett. The Everett Police Department has 207 authorized commissioned staff, including a twenty - member Special Operations Group, which provides a professional response to civil unrest or special events while providing protection of life and property for the citizens of Everett. The Everett Police Department recognizes and respects the community's right to peacefully protest, but sometimes these gatherings become disorderly and have the potential to cause damage to property, injury and even death and the infringement on rights of citizens. Because of the nature of some civil disorders where the safety of other community members and property is at risk, law enforcement has a duty to restore a lawful and safe environment as expeditiously as possible. Through mutual aid, the Special Operations Group has provided support to agencies throughout King, Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom counties, with a combined population total of over 3,725,000 people. In 2021, the Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill 1054 (HB 1054). The passed legislature was delivered to Governor Inslee who signed the legislation into law on May 18, 2021. HB 1054 became effective on July 25, 2021 and is contained, in part, in RCW 10.116.040 — Military Equipment. RCW 10.116.040.1 states that "A law enforcement agency may not acquire or use any military equipment."' "Military Equipment" is defined in RCW 10.116.040.3(a) as "firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber or greater, machine guns, armed helicopters, armed or armored drones, armed vessels, armed vehicles, armed aircraft, tanks, long range acoustic hailing devices, rockets, rocket launchers, bayonets, grenades, missiles, directed energy systems, and electromagnetic spectrum weapons."' RCW 9.41.010.11 defines a firearm as "a weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder."' https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=10.116.040 s https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.010