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From:Clara Jaeckel <br />To:publiccomment; GRP-City Council <br />Subject:public comment for 6/9/2025 city council meeting, agenda item 8B <br />Date:Monday, June 9, 2025 8:14:57 AM <br />I appreciate the transparency in publishing the military equipment use report and proposed <br />policy. The last few days have showed us with renewed urgency how important it is to have <br />safeguards in place to prevent such equipment being turned on our own residents and visitors. <br />It's chilling, for just one example, to see the footage of an ICE agent in Los Angeles shooting a <br />journalist in the back with a rubber bullet while she was reporting. That makes me worried <br />about how the munitions that are called "less lethal" will end up being used in Redwood City. <br />I also remain concerned about the acquisition of a new armored vehicle. The return of the <br />previous military vehicle was a key point of the city's response to residents on June 22, 2020, <br />when we raised concerns about the murder of George Floyd and the aggressive repression of <br />the following protests in many cities. Replacing the returned vehicle with a substantially <br />similar one erases the benefit of the return. That makes it all the more important for the city <br />council to make sure the equipment you have authorized is not used against our own <br />community. <br />Thank you, <br />Clara Jaeckel