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Santa Ana Police Department <br />Santa Ana PD Policy Manual <br />Military Equipment <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 />(e) COMBINED SYSTEMS, 40MM ROUND MUZZLE BLAST, with CS, <br />#4630, cost: $20, quantity: 50. 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 />(f) DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY, 40MM MUZZLE BLAST, with OC„ #6040, <br />cost: $20, quantity: 50. The 40 mm Muzzle Blast OC Round is widely used <br />as a crowd management tool for the immediate and close deployment <br />of chemical agents. It can also be employed in tactical operations such <br />as barricaded subjects for area denial, area contamination, and a means <br />of contaminating crawl spaces and attics. In addition, it is an excellent <br />device for deploying chemical -laden OC powder at close ranges for indoor <br />or outdoor operations as a pain compliance round. It has a maximum <br />effective range of 30 feet /9.1 meters. Only trained members of the <br />Department's SWAT Team are authorized to deploy the 40mm Muzzle <br />Blast 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 />(d) Vicious animals <br />(e) Training exercised or approved demonstrations <br />(f) Tactical situations involving the deployment of the Department's SWAT <br />Team <br />4. Lifespan: <br />Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/07/28, All Rights Reserved. Military Equipment - 8 <br />Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department <br />