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Santa Ana Police Department Santa Ana PD Policy Manual Military Equipment Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/07/28, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department Military Equipment - 8 delivers a small chemical payload inside a structure or vehicle. The 40mm Ferret is primarily used to dislodge barricaded subjects from confined areas in a tactical deployment situation. Its purpose is to minimize the risks to all parties through pain compliance, temporary discomfort, and/or incapacitation of potentially violent or dangerous subjects. Only trained members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to deploy the 40mm Direct Barricade Penetrator round. (e)COMBINED SYSTEMS, 40MM ROUND MUZZLE BLAST, with CS, #4630, cost: $20, quantity: 50. The 40 mm Muzzle Blast CS Round is widely used as a crowd management tool for the immediate and close deployment of chemical agents. It can also be employed in tactical operations such as barricaded subjects for area denial, area contamination, and a means of contaminating crawl spaces and attics. In addition, it is an excellent device for deploying chemical-laden CS powder at close ranges for indoor or outdoor operations as a pain compliance round. It has a maximum effective range of 30 feet /9.1 meters. Only trained members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to deploy the 40mm Muzzle Blast round. (f)DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, 40MM MUZZLE BLAST, with OC,, #6040, cost: $20, quantity: 50. The 40 mm Muzzle Blast OC Round is widely used as a crowd management tool for the immediate and close deployment of chemical agents. It can also be employed in tactical operations such as barricaded subjects for area denial, area contamination, and a means of contaminating crawl spaces and attics. In addition, it is an excellent device for deploying chemical-laden OC powder at close ranges for indoor or outdoor operations as a pain compliance round. It has a maximum effective range of 30 feet /9.1 meters. Only trained members of the Department's SWAT Team are authorized to deploy the 40mm Muzzle Blast round. 2.Purpose: To limit the escalation of conflict where the employment of lethal force is prohibited or undesirable. 3.Authorized Use: Situations where the deployment of less-lethal impact or chemical munitions are authorized include but are not limited to: (a)Self-destructive, dangerous, and/or combative individuals (b)Riot/crowd control and civil unrest incidents where the criminal behavior involved exceeds a failure to disburse or curfew violation. (c)Circumstances where a tactical advantage can be obtained (d)Vicious animals (e)Training exercised or approved demonstrations (f)Tactical situations involving the deployment of the Department's SWAT Team 4.Lifespan: City Council 10 – 52 8/19/2025