The goal is to reduce in-custody deaths, which have plagued the department for years. A state audit released in February found that San Diego jails had the highest mortality rate among California’s largest counties, and already this year they have logged4Sight Labs, which created the devices, will provide them to the department at a cost of $1,000 each.
Sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Amber Baggs said in an email that the department has not decided on an official launch date. Baggs said the pilot has no set time length, either, and the department will expand the program when it can.
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