AgdaPkt 2015-03-23 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.1.B. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager March 23, 2015 SUBJECT Decommission and Disposal of Surplus Firearms RECOMMENDATION Approve by motion and declare the firearms as surplus, authorize staff to decommission and destroy the firearms, and liquidate any usable parts from the firearms. BACKGROUND In 2014, the Police Department selected the Colt LE 6920 rifle to replace the Heckler & Koch (HK) MP-5 as our primary duty rifle. The Colt LE 6920 is a law enforcement specific weapon where the HK MP-5 was primarily a military weapon. With the transition to the Colt rifle, the Police Department no longer needs their inventory of HK rifles. The Department has 30 HK MP-5 rifles and 2 HK 53 rifles to decommission. The HK rifles are classified as automatic weapons and the sale or transfer of these weapons is restricted by Federal law and they cannot be sold to the general public. The HK rifles were in service for over twenty years and they have reached the end of their useful life cycle as measured by department efficiency and effectiveness standards and are considered surplus by the Police Department. ANALYSIS The State of California's Government Code Section 37351 and Section 3-1/2 of the Charter of the City of Redwood City, allow the City to purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of it for the common benefit. Staff recommends decommissioning and disposing of these surplus firearms and recommends liquidating the useable parts. Continued storage of these surplus firearms may not be financially beneficial for the City as the useable parts will have less re-sale value as they age. The Police Department has identified a vendor who will destroy the firearms and purchase the remaining useable parts. The firearms would be destroyed and would no longer be a functional firearm. The useable parts would be sold to law enforcement agencies. The vendor would issue the Police Department "store credit" for the proceeds from the sales of the useable parts. The "store credit" received from the sale of the useable parts would be used by the Police Department to purchase equipment, new firearms, and spare parts for our department issued firearms.