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MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE REPORT 2024 9 flash diversionary devices are used to cause a distraction during highly dangerous activities, such as entering a structure during warrant service. The Department follows best practices for the use, which includes deploying the devices only on the exterior of structures and when an officer can see the area where the device is being deployed. The primary purpose of chemical agents, such as non-lethal CS gas, is to cause a barricaded suspect to exit the structure in which the suspect is barricaded. The gas irritates the eyes and throat. Deploying gas inside a structure may reduce the need to send officers into a dangerous location where a confrontation may occur. The practice is intended to minimize injury to officers and suspects. Chemical agents may be used to disperse large, unlawful assemblies, but the Police Department has never used chemical agents for this purpose. “Taser Shockwave, microwave weapons, water cannons, and the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD).” The Police Department does not use any of the described devices. Taser Shockwave is a device built by Axon Technologies to deny entry to certain areas and has no law enforcement application. Microwave weapons are not in use by law enforcement. The Pleasanton Police Department or any regional agencies do not use water cannons. Long Range Acoustic Devices have applications to deliver highly audible public addresses. They are used by some law enforcement agencies but are not in use by the Pleasanton Police Department. “The following projectile launch platforms and their associated munitions: 40mm projectile launchers, “bean bag,” rubber bullet, and specialty impact munition (SIM) weapons.” The Pleasanton Police Department possesses 40mm launch platforms which have been previously approved by the City Council. The police department purchased 24 launchers in 2023 to outfit the department's marked patrol fleet. The police department also received two multi- launchers in 2024 which were placed in patrol supervisor vehicles. They may be used as less- lethal impact devices as an alternative to a higher level of force or to deploy chemical agents. The Police Department utilizes 12-gauge bean bag rounds fired from a shotgun and the FN-303 launcher as less-lethal devices. These are intended to provide alternatives to higher levels of force when reasonable and necessary. The FN-303 functions similarly to a paintball gun and can be loaded with different ammunition, including impact, pava (pepper spray), and marking rounds. Marking rounds leave a paint stain on clothing to identify a suspect later. Today the standard less-lethal ammunition patrol officers carry are bean bag rounds and FN-303 impact rounds. Page 92 of 249