DFRS Tracks Suspect Vehicle, Assisting Patrol with Apprehension

The Drone as a First Responder Service (DFRS) was deployed to assist with an active larceny in progress on Marketplace Drive.

Dispatch advised responding units that the suspects were leaving the scene in a silver Chevrolet Tahoe SUV. DFRS personnel quickly located the vehicle traveling southbound through the Target parking lot and began maintaining aerial observation.

As the vehicle continued southbound on Hylan Drive, DFRS personnel, working in coordination with the Regional Investigative Operations Center (RIOC), relayed the vehicle’s location and movements to responding patrol units. Aerial observation continued as the vehicle entered the Fastrac parking lot on Hylan Drive.

Patrol units subsequently initiated a traffic stop and took the suspects into custody without incident.

The result: DFRS maintained continuous visual contact with a suspect vehicle as it left the scene, providing patrol units with real-time location updates that assisted in locating and safely stopping the vehicle.