Lakeville Police Will Have Eyes in the Sky Following City Council Approval for Drone Plan

LAKEVILLE, Minn. — The city council unanimously approved a plan for the police department to begin using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, at its June 5 meeting.

Police Chief Brad Paulson outlined the proposed uses of drones at the meeting. Some examples given were for search-and-rescue operations, crowd monitoring, crime scene documentation, active incident surveillance, and tracking/apprehension of criminal suspects.