The drone’s high-resolution camera is capable of reading a license plate a half-mile away
The 911 caller reported seeing a man wrestle a woman to the ground in an attempt to rob her before taking off on a bicycle. Beverly Hills police responded, but before a patrol car could get to the scene, officers already had their eyes on the suspect.
The new camera-equipped drone is part of the department’s “Real Time Watch Center,” a program in which the department uses live video from cameras placed around the city , automatic license plate readers and other drones. The Hawkeye drone then feeds real-time video to officers on the ground. The system, approved by the City Council in April, has cost $498,000, and city officials have already approved more than $2.4 million for the 2022-23 fiscal year to continue and expand the program.
Hawkeye, for example, has infrared capability and can zoom in on a license plate about half a mile away, Stainbrook said. Hawkeye, Stainbrook said, is being launched daily now, and numbers from the city show police have been using the drone frequently on a variety of calls.
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