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CMA 2023-28

A report on an itemized statement of all materials, tools, and property owned by the Cambridge Police Department

How it started
Feb 6, 2023 · Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager.
What happened
Feb 6, 2023 · ↪ Referred onward for further work (Referred to the committee for, unanimous · two absent)

Voted yes (7), unanimous

  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (2)

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Dennis Carlone
Roll call of Feb 6, 2023 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
The document Agenda item attachment · 2 pages

CPD – Itemized Statement of Materials, Tools and Equipment

Please find attached the Cambridge Police Department’s itemized statement of all “materials, tools, and property” it owns in accordance with Chapter 2.52 § 090 of the Cambridge Municipal Code, as of June 30, 2021, and 2022.

As noted in the report, tear gas was previously located by the Police Department as part of its June 30, 2020 report and was subsequently given to the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) for proper disposal in accordance with the applicable guidelines. Tear gas is not authorized for acquisition or use under Departmental policy.

Items the department has removed and taken out of service from its inventory are listed below, as are items that have already been destroyed. The Department is working to dispose of the items marked “removed for destruction” in compliance with the proper procedures for disposing of unwanted or surplus property. The items marked “removed for destruction” have been removed from service and are being held in a secure location while the Department works through the procedures for their destruction.

Equipment Type Make/Model Qty

Date of Acquisition

Note Firearm

Ithaca, M87 Feather

Light, Shotgun

📊 From here the report is project tables and figures, which don’t survive text extraction faithfully. Read them in the original PDF.
🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 6, 2023