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StopUrbanShieldCoali1on

The Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and policies will increase the militarization of police.

WhatisUrbanShield?

•  AnannualSWATteamcompeGGon,preparednessexercise,andvendorshowinAlamedaCounty

•  FundedbyDepartmentofHomelandSecuritygrantprogram:UrbanAreasSecurityIniGaGve(UASI)

•  Allaspectsofexercisearerequiredtohave“nexustoterrorism”

•  CoordinatedbyAlamedaCountySheriffGregAhern•  SFPDandSheriff’sDept.SWATteamsparGcipateeveryyear

UrbanShieldVendors:WeaponsCompanies

●  SigSauer●  Winchester●  PatriotOrdnanceFactory

Rifles●  SCUTacGcal●  GunsUnlimitedRepair●  FNHUSA●  ArmsUnlimited

SigSauerrifle

Ahigh-poweredsniperriflewasraffledattheUrbanShield2017vendorshow.

UrbanShieldVendorsinPastYears:T-shirts

AmericanSpartanApparel,2015 VoodooTacGcal,2016

SurveillanceTechnology“UrbanShieldwillnot

includesurveillance

training.”-Oneof12guidelines

adoptedforUrbanShield

Above:FacialRecogniGonTechnologyforJails

AttheUrbanShield‘CommunityFair’inSanLeandro,theSheriff’sOfficehostedtheextremerightwinggroup“OathKeepers”.

AscenariorunbyBurlingame-basedmercenaries,“Execushield,”hadSWATteamsiniGaGngcombatagainst–ambushing–asupposedHezbollahcellonpatrol.

ThoseplayingrolesofterroristsinUrbanShield2017scenarioworekuffiyehs,anindicatorthattheywereArabic.

Strategic Operations, Inc.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors vetoed contract with Strategic Operations, Inc. because it violated guideline against use of racist stereotypes.

But it was still contracted to provide materials for an Urban Shield scenario.

Human figure targets from Strategic Operations, Inc. web site for “Hyper-realistic” training.

Howfundsflow:UrbanShieldandUASI

UrbanAreasSecurityIniGaGve(UASI)

CaliforniaOfficeofEmergencyServices

BayAreaUASI:12counGes,

$22million/year

SanFranciscoisfiscalagent

AlamedaCountySheriff

Receives$4.9milliontorunUrbanShieldandUASIother

training.

UrbanShieldheldannuallyRecentlyaroundSept.11th

Ofthe31corecapabili1esfundedbyUASI,BAUASIhasgivenalowrankingof“risk

relevance”tomanynon-policingneeds:

•  HealthandSocialServices(31st)•  Long-termVulnerabilityReducGon(29th)•  NaturalandCulturalResources(28th)•  Housing(25th)•  PublicHealthandMedicalServices(24th).

Lawenforcement-orientedcapabili1esarepriori1zedashavingmuchhigherrisk

relevance:

•  CyberSecurity(1st)•  IntelligenceandInformaGonSharing(4th)•  InterdicGonandDisrupGon(5th)•  Screening,SearchandDetecGon(11th)

Source:BAUASIApprovalAuthorityJuly2016,Item8,FY17RiskGapandAnalysis

Bay Area UASI priorities are rigged in favor of policing

Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern’s Agenda is Too Closely Aligned with

The Trump Regime's Dangerous, Racist, Sexist, and Xenophobic Policies

SanBruno:De-escalaGonthatWasn’t

Sheriffsaidthat4of36SWATscenariosrewardedde-escalaGon,butroleplayersweretoldtofolloweveryinstrucGon.

OaklandPD:atleast12UrbanShieldtraineesinvolvedinfatalshooGngs*

Sgt.PatrickGonzales,

par1cipatedonthe

OaklandSWATteaminUrban

Shieldin2009(whenOPDwon

firstplace),2012,2013.Gonzales

hasshotfoursuspects,three

fatally,andconductedbody

cavitysearchesinpublic.

Mul1plelawsuitsalleging

wrongfuldeath,excessiveforce,

illegalsearchesandracial

profilingincidentsinvolving

Gonzaleshaveresultedin$3.6

millionpaidbyOakland.

*Someshoo1ngswereofarmedsuspects.

SFPD:ChronicRacialProfilingandUseofViolence

SFPDSWATmostlyforservingwarrantsEven“criGcalincidents”forwhichSFPDSWATisdeployedareverybroadlydefined.

UrbanShieldtraineesrespondtoBlackLivesMaCerprotestinBerkeleywith

violenttacGcs

“Get‘umupandrunning!”December2014BlackLivesMaCerprotest

AlternaGveCommunityPreparedness

ProtestatAlamedaCountyBuilding

AlamedaCounty’sprocess

AlamedaCountyUrbanShieldTaskForcewillreporttoBoardofSupervisorsinNovember.

AlamedaCountyBoardofSupervisorsdecideson2018UASIandUrbanShieldfundinginDecemberorJanuary.

SanFranciscoUrbanShieldLegislaGonSponsoredbySups.NormanYee&MaliaCohen

Whatthelegisla1onwilldo

•  ProhibitstheuseoffundingforSFagenciestoparGcipateinUrbanShieldorothermilitarizedpolicingexercises.

•  NoreimbursementforparGcipaGoninUrbanShield.CurrentlySFdoesnotreceivefundingforUrbanShield,rathertheCitypaysstaffGmeforemployeeparGcipaGon.

•  ProvidereporGngonpastparGcipaGoninUrbanShield

Whatthelegisla1onwillnotdo

•  stopSFagenciesfromcollaboraGngduringGmesofdisaster/emergency

•  limitcommunicaGonamongagencies

•  limittheroleofSFasfiscalsponsortoUASIfunds

•  restrictortakeawayfundingfromSFagenciesthroughUASI

•  prohibitCityemployeesfromparGcipaGngofftheclock

Together, we can STOP URBAN SHIELD

Formoreinforma1on,

contact:

Stopurbanshield.org