The Miami-Dade County Commission has approved spending up to $5 million to purchase police body cameras.

The next step in the process is to allow vendors to compete for an initial purchase of 500 cameras.

Mayor Carlos Gimenez says he will then ask for additional money in the following years to buy 500 more cameras.

Mayor Gimenez expects Miami-Dade police officers to be wearing the cameras by the end of the year.