Irvine OKs body cameras for police, will begin testing them this fall

The Irvine Police Department could start beta testing body-worn cameras for officers as soon as this fall, with agency-wide implementation of the program by the second quarter of next year, after the City Council this week authorized police Chief Mike Hamel to seek bids for providing the cameras.
Irvine would join about a dozen other law enforcement agencies in Orange County that equip officers with body cameras and require their use during official interactions with the public, such as traffic