Santa Ana officials are directing city staff to research what it will cost and the benefits of installing dashboard cameras on over 50 city police cars.
The request comes in a city that has recently been plagued by a host of police accountability questions during a time when city leaders are also bracing for an expected $30 million budget deficit in a couple years and the police union is one of the biggest spends on local elections.
Last week, city council members tasked staff with looking into the price of the cameras, their benefits and how the city would go about implementing and rolling out the cameras…