"Santa Cruz law enforcement employed a drone equipped with thermal sensing technology to locate and apprehend a suspect fleeing from an attempted burglary last week."
"Santa Cruz police officers were dispatched Friday to a home near Coulson Avenue after receiving reports from a resident that someone was attempting to break in, according to a social media release from the city's police department."
"The suspect fled the scene after being chased away by the caller, causing responding officers to set up a perimeter and send up a drone to assist the search effort."
"The drone's thermal sensors, capable of detecting body heat, helped the officers locate and arrest the suspect who was hiding under a tarp along the side of a home."
Santa Cruz police used a drone equipped with thermal sensing to locate and apprehend a suspect after an attempted burglary. Officers were dispatched Friday to a home near Coulson Avenue following a resident's report of an attempted break-in. The resident chased the suspect away, and responding officers established a perimeter and deployed the drone to assist the search. The drone's thermal sensors detected the suspect's body heat, enabling officers to find the individual hiding under a tarp along the side of the home. The suspect was located and arrested.
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