Counting Every Rifle: A Transparency Investigation Of Assault Rifles Unreported By California's County Sheriffs

How gaps in state-mandated reports hide California police militarization

By Magali Ruer, Jennifer Tu, and John Lindsay-Poland

Since 2021 California state law AB 481 came into effect, California's police and sheriffs have been required to report assault rifle inventory and use. But is this reporting happening? Geographer Magali Ruer shares investigation results, including new maps and visualizations, that show how gaps in state-mandated reports hide California police militarization.

Read the full investigation here