...Title
Ban the Use of Rubber Bullets for Crowd Control. (Mayor, Jones, Peralez, Diep, Carrasco)
...Recommendations
1. Direct the City Manager to amend the SJPD Duty Manual, or alternatively, direct the City Attorney to amend San José Municipal Code Section 10.32- to prohibit the use of kinetic impact projectiles (KIP), i.e., rubber or foam bullets, within a dense crowd as a measure of crowd control, and to make this action immediate.
2. Direct the Independent Police Auditor (IPA) to:
a. Create an avenue to receive reports from anyone who either attended or were bystanders of the May 29, 2020 through June 4, 2020 protests and were injured by forced police response.
b. Return to Council by August 2020 with a special report to Council on the quantity and type of complaints received by the IPA relative to the period of civil unrest and police response beginning on May 29, 2020 and ending when the Council rescinds the Emergency Declaration related to Civil Unrest.