A new dash camera system is being used in Howard Lake to record not only what is going on outside of a squad car, but also what is happening inside the car.

"If someone wants to complain about a stop, it's very easy to pull, sit down, and say ‘Here's your video, here's your audio, what part of this did you have a problem with?’" said Chief Dan Lang of the Howard Lake Police Department.

The new system has a black box that records how the car is driven, a camera that watches the officer driving and another in the rearview mirror to record what is happening in the back seat.

"If you have any sort of disruptive individual (that) started banging their head on the cage, banging their head on the window, it would clearly show that," Chief Lang said.

The system starts recording with either the push of a button or by starting the siren. It stores the data in a flash card.

Howard Lake Police paid $4,000 for each of its two units. Chief Lang said it’s a small price to pay to protect citizens, the city and his officers.

"One liability lawsuit will probably pay for these cameras," he said.

A GPS unit also provides exact coordinates to help guide medical helicopters to the scene of an accident.