SANTA ANA : Video Arraignment Possible Under Grant
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City officials accepted a $100,000 state grant this week that will pay for an innovative video system designed to make arraignments of criminal suspects vastly more efficient.
Assemblyman Tom Umberg (D-Garden Grove) presented Mayor Daniel H. Young with a check for the program at the City Council meeting Monday.
The video system will be incorporated into the 48-cell detention center near City Hall, which is expected to be open in December. Suspects will be able to appear before a judge electronically while remaining in jail, eliminating the need to transport them to and from courts countywide, said Police Lt. Robert Helton.
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