BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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(Without Reference to File)
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1872 (Gray)
As Amended June 1, 2016
2/3 vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Public Safety |5-0 |Jones-Sawyer, Lopez, | |
| | |Low, Quirk, Santiago | |
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|Appropriations |14-5 |Gonzalez, Bloom, |Bigelow, Gallagher, |
| | |Bonilla, Bonta, |Jones, Obernolte, |
| | |Calderon, Daly, |Wagner |
| | |Eggman, Eduardo | |
| | |Garcia, Roger | |
| | |Hernández, Holden, | |
| | |Quirk, Santiago, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Appropriates $1,315,000 from the General Fund (GF) to
be allocated to the University of California (UC), Merced for
the purpose of purchasing public safety equipment.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Appropriates $1,315,000 from the General Fund to the Regents
of UC, for allocation to UC, Merced, for the following public
safety purposes:
a) Forty thousand dollars for two mobile traffic message
boards;
b) Three thousand dollars for two fire area of refuge
consoles;
c) Eighteen thousand dollars for fire extinguisher training
equipment;
d) Twenty-four thousand dollars for three fixed license
plate recognition (LPR) camera systems;
e) One hundred forty thousand dollars for 40 EvacuChairs;
f) Fifty-two thousand dollars for 40 automated external
defibrillators with training equipment;
g) Four hundred twenty thousand dollars for a mobile
incident management vehicle and equipment;
h) One hundred fifty thousand dollars for a mobile use of
force options system;
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i) Thirty thousand dollars for six mobile computers with
service;
j) Forty-two thousand dollars for six in-car video systems;
aa) Ten thousand dollars for two vehicle mounted LPR camera
systems;
bb) Fifteen thousand dollars for one Cellebrite system;
cc) Seventy-five thousand dollars for one crime scene
mapping system;
dd) Sixty thousand dollars for three portable wireless
camera systems;
ee) Thirty-six thousand dollars for 360 crowd control
barriers; and,
ff) Two hundred thousand dollars for safety improvements to
an energy dissipator on Fairfield Canal.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Establishes that a member of the University of California (UC)
Police Department whose primary duty is the enforcement of the
law within the specified jurisdictional areas is a peace
officer.
2)Limits the authority of a member of the UC Police Department
to the UC campuses, and an area within one mile of the
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exterior boundaries of each campus, and other properties owned
or operated by the Regents of the University of California.
FISCAL
EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
$1,315,000 GF appropriation to UC Merced, but not additional
cost associated with the peace officer designation provision.
COMMENTS: According to the author, "This bill appropriates
$1,315,000 to UC Merced for purposes of purchasing public safety
equipment. During the initial growth of the UC Merced campus,
some areas related to safety were under-resourced and do not
presently have the safety equipment of the sister UC campuses in
the police and fire areas. Although the November 4, 2015
incident on the UC Merced campus was handled in a professional
manner by the responding UC Merced Police Officers, it caused
the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus and Public Safety to
conduct a review of safety equipment available to police and
fire during and after an emergency situation or major event.
After consultation with other UC Chiefs of Police and first
responder partners, a list of equipment was developed which
would benefit not only the UC Merced campus, but also the larger
Merced city and county region."
Analysis Prepared by:
Gregory Pagan/ PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744 FN:
0003159
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