The smallest of the five categories in Tucson’s Prop. 414 — Technology Investments — only has three police-related things it would pay for if voters approve a 10-year increase in the city’s sales tax rate: Revamping the air support unit; expanding the the body-worm camera program; and investing in technology for its communications department.
It accounts for about 12% of the spending from the $800 million Prop. 414 is expected to raise if city voters agree to add a half-cent to the Tucson’s current 8.7% sales tax for the next decade.
The standout item in the technology investments category, which would get about $10 million a year in funding, is nearly $17 million for updating the police department’s air support unit, which currently consists of three helicopters…