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Military Equipment <br />Santa Ana Police Department <br />Santa Ana PD Policy Manual <br />round designed specifically for outdoor use in violent crowd control <br />situations. It is a high -volume continuous burn that expels its payload <br />in approximately 20-40 seconds from a single source. The Spede-Heat <br />family may be used to conceal tactical movement or to disburse a violent/ <br />riotous crowd. Only trained members of the Department's SWAT Team <br />are authorized to deploy the 40mm Spede-Heat round. <br />(a) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, POWDER CS FERRETT 40MM ROUND, <br />#2292, cost: $19, quantity: 60. A less lethal 40MM round used to penetrate <br />barriers, such as windows, hollow core doors, wallboard, and thin plywood. <br />Upon impacting the barrier, the nose cone ruptures and instantaneously <br />delivers a small chemical payload inside a structure or vehicle. The 40mm <br />Ferret is primarily used to dislodge barricaded subjects from confined <br />areas in a tactical deployment situation. Its purpose is to minimize the <br />risks to all parties through pain compliance, temporary discomfort, and/or <br />incapacitation of potentially violent or dangerous subjects. Only trained <br />members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to deploy the <br />40mm Direct Barricade Penetrator round. <br />(f) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, 40MM ROUND MUZZLE BLAST, with CS, <br />#6042, cost: $20, quantity: 52. The 40 mm Muzzle Blast CS Round <br />is widely used as a crowd management tool for the immediate and <br />close deployment of chemical agents. It can also be employed in <br />tactical operations such as barricaded subjects for area denial, area <br />contamination, and a means of contaminating crawl spaces and attics. In <br />addition, it is an excellent device for deploying chemical -laden CS powder <br />at close ranges for indoor or outdoor operations as a pain compliance <br />round. It has a maximum effective range of 30 feet /9.1 meters. Only <br />trained members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to <br />deploy the 40mm Muzzle Blast round. <br />(g) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, 40MM SKAT SHELL, MULTIPLE <br />PROJECTILE ROUND CS, #6172, cost: $28, quantity: 56. The Skat Shell <br />40mm multiple chemical projectile round delivers multiple CS canisters <br />from a 40mm launcher. It is designed for outdoor use and has a maximum <br />effective range of 80-100 yards. It is designed as a less -lethal option for <br />disbursing violent crowds actively engaging in criminal behavior. Only <br />trained members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to <br />deploy the 40mm Skat Shell round. <br />2. Purpose: To limit the escalation of conflict where the employment of lethal force <br />is prohibited or undesirable. <br />3. Authorized Use: Situations where the deployment of less -lethal impact or <br />chemical munitions are authorized include but are not limited to: <br />(a) Self-destructive, dangerous, and/or combative individuals <br />(b) Riot/crowd control and civil unrest incidents where the criminal behavior <br />involved exceeds a failure to disburse or curfew violation. <br />(c) Circumstances where a tactical advantage can be obtained <br />copyright Lexipol, LLC 2022106106, All Rights Reserved. ***DRAFT*** Military Equipment - 8 <br />Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department <br />