For the past three years, police officers and sheriffs departments across the state have had to come and publicly talk about any military equipment they own and how they used it over the past year.

But those disclosures didn’t happen in Santa Ana for the past two years due to an administrative mistake, according to Police Chief Robert Rodriguez, who took over the job at the end of last year.

Last week, City Council members debated the late reports for over two hours, raising concerns over the equipment being used on residents during protests and questioning why their police department needs military equipment.

Councilman Jonathan Hernandez pointed to Anaheim police officers killing his cousin in 2021 as an example for why police departments don’t need military equipment, also bringing u

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