United States. The Los Angeles City Council's Public Safety Committee approved the $5.47 million contract to install video cameras on 300 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) patrol cars.The installation of cameras in the vehicles was recommended by the Christopher Commission, which investigated the LAPD after the beating of Rodney King in 1991. The panel determined that in addition to the benefits to investigations, the chambers could save money on court costs, litigation and complaints against officers for misconduct.
Each of the 300 cars will be equipped with a forward-focused camera with color, telephoto and autofocus images and a second camera will capture events that happen in the back seat of the vehicle.
The cameras will be activated manually by the police or automatically by certain trigger acts, including the activation of lights and sirens, the use of airbags, among others.
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