W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 25, NO. 04
August 20, 2026
Rialto Expands Police Camera Network as City Clarifies Voluntary Fusus Policy
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Ontario, Fontana Outpace Market-Rate Housing Goals as California Lags on Affordable Homes Pg. 5
PHOTO CHRISTOPHER SALAZAR A security camera overlooks the Rialto Police Department Aug. 17. The Rialto City Council approved a $1.25 million amendment expanding the police department’s camera and real-time intelligence infrastructure.
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ore than 100 cameras are expected to be installed across Rialto’s intersections following the City Council’s July 28 approval of a $1.25 million amendment to the police department’s existing Axon contract. The amendment adds body-worn and patrol vehicle cameras and over 100 hardware devices to integrate publicly and privately owned security systems with the department’s “real-time intel-
ligence network,” allowing officers access to participating camera feeds. Connect Rialto, a voluntary program that allows residents and businesses to share private security camera feeds with police through Fusus — Axon’s cloud-based realtime public safety and intelligence platform — drew late-night media mockery from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. However, while Oliver’s satirical segment claimed that Rialto mandates Fusus integra-
tion for new businesses, city officials said the program has always been opt-in. Even so, the city is in the process of clarifying its language. Last November, the council approved a nine-year $14 million contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., formerly TASER International, for the Officer Safety Plan 10 (OSP 10). Rialto Police cont. on next pg.
SBVC Nurse, Crafton Hills Firefighter Share Affordable Paths to Local Careers IE Businesses and Nonprofits Urged to Diversify Revenue Ahead of Riverside Sustainability Summit Pg. 8
City of Fontana Receives $1.2M for Aldea Apartments Project Pg. 8
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Colton resident Karen Miranda Diaz, a San Bernardino Valley College nursing alumna now working at Redlands Community Hospital, returned to college after more than a decade away from school and graduated in 2025.
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ong before Karen Miranda Diaz became a nurse, she was a 9-yearold standing near a young boy who had been struck by a vehicle outside her home.
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL Redlands resident Anthony Estrada, a Crafton Hills College fire academy and paramedic program alumnus, turned his college training into a career as a firefighter-paramedic with San Bernardino County Fire.
The child was unresponsive. Diaz said she followed instructions over the phone and performed CPR. Later, while visiting him at the hospital, a nurse told her that what she had done helped save his life. Years later, a different roadside emergency pointed Anthony Estrada toward
his own career. Estrada was driving home from work, between Cabazon and Beaumont, when he came across a serious crash and stopped to help. Unsure what to do, he watched firefighters, police officers and paramedics arrive, organize the scene and care for those involved. Affordable College, cont. next pg.