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AUGUST 30, 1990
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HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PURCHASE OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS - POLICE DEPARTMENT
Councilmember Potts has requested that the City Council discuss the
City's policy on purchase of semi-automatic weapons for sworn police
personnel.
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To: The Mayor and City Council City of Tustin
Date: March 5, 1989
Your Honorable Body:
As Police Officers of the City of Tustin, we, the undersigned,
are petitioning the Mayor and City Council for help and
assistance in an area affecting our safety as well as our ability
to protect this community.
The proliferation of high powered automatic and semi-automatic
weapons in the possession of and employed by the criminal
elements of society is an undisputed fact fully known to all.
More than ever before it is of vital importance that law
enforcement personnel be equipped with the type of firearms that
they are most confident with in protecting themselves and the
community regardless of the degree of threat they may encounter.
To this end, our representatives have been attempting to secure
approval from management for Police Officers in Tustin to have
the option of carrying a semi-automatic as a primary weapon. Even
though the Chief of Police confirmed as recently as February 24,
1989 that he is ready and willing to meet and consult on. the
subject of a semi-automatic as a primary weapon option for ,our
department, the City Manager continues to block all efforts \to
resolve this critical issue.
We hereby request that the Mayor and City Council instruct th4
Chief of Police to take all necessary and appropriate steps to
institute the use of semi -automatics as an optional primary
weapon in the Tustin Police Department and that this be
accomplished without further delay.
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