A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the middle ages and is considered to be a municipal version of a constitution.
The .223 caliber AR-15 carbine is becoming increasingly popular with law enforcement agencies for patrol. There are numerous companies manufacturing the AR-15 model carbines, with Colt being the dominant system among the military and law enforcement community (www.colt.com). Other manufacturers are: Armalite, Bushmaster, DPMS, Eagle Arms, Knightâs Mfg.
California is the only state I'm aware of that has tried to standardize uniform colors by type of agency. Police departments generally wear dark blue, sheriff's departments wear tan (khaki) shirts over olive green trousers, and the highway patrol and a few other state-level law enforcement agencies wear tan uniforms. Some departments put a stripe or braid on the outside seam of the trouser legs.