>>> ONLY ON 6, A NEW WAY TO
STOP CRIME, DRONES IN THE SKIES.
SENDING IMAGES AND LIFE-SAVING
INFORMATION BACK TO FIRST
RESPONDERS ON THE GROUND.
CORAL GABLES BECAME THE FIRST
CITY IN AMERICA TO DEPLOY
DRONES THIS WAY @#OVER THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY.
WILLARD SHEPARD IS LIKE TO SHOW
US HOW IT WORKS, AND THAT
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.
>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING TO
YOU LADIES FROM HIGH ABOVE
CORAL GABLES, RIGHT NOW.
OFF IN THE DISTANCE THERE, IN
THE FLYING BUSINESS, WE ARE IN AN AREA CALLED CLASS B AIRSPACE.
THE FAA HAS GIVEN THE POLICE
AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN
CORAL GABLES THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THESE DRONES
THAT WILL GO OUT IN FRONT OF
POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
, PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
FROM ABOVE MONDAY EVENING, WHEN
40,000 PEOPLE CAME TO SEE THE
GABLES @#FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORK SHOW IN FRONT OF THE BILTMORE
HOTEL. NBC 6, EXCLUSIVELY OBTAINING
THIS VIDEO FROM THE CORAL
GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT CAME FROM THEIR NEW DRONE,
OUT ON ITS FIRST REAL-WORLD MISSION.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF @#IT.
>> Reporter: WELL AWARE OF THE
GUNMAN IN ILLINOIS, WHO
ULTIMATELY KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE FROM A ROOFTOP EARLIER IN THE
DAY.
>> THE ABILITY FOR US, AT THIS
TIME, TO @#LOOK AT THE PERIMETER
WITH INFRARED CAMERAS, TO SEE
IF ANYBODY WAS LYING IN WAIT,
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WAS
IMMENSE FOR US.
>> Reporter: WHEN COMPLETE
DARKNESS CAME, IT DID NOT
MATTER.
THE DRONES INFRARED TECHNOLOGY,
ALLOWING COMMANDERS TO SEE LIKE IT WAS HIGH NOON.
NOW, CORAL GABLES IS MOVING TO
DO SOMETHING NBC 6 WAS TOLD NO
POLICE AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY HAS TRIED.
>>@# CORAL GABLES 911, WHAT IS
THE ADDRESS OF YOUR EMERGENCY?
>> Reporter: THEY WILL BE
SENDING THE DRONES OUT TO
LOCATIONS AHEAD OF A POLICE
OFFICER WHEN A CALL COMES TO
911. IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO SEE
IMAGES, AND DISPATCHERS WILL
ALSO BE ABLE TO TELL ARRIVING
OFFICERS WHAT TO EXPECT. >> @#IF WE CAN SEE WHERE THAT
PERSON IS GOING BEFORE WE GET
THERE, THAT MINIMIZES THE TIME
IT TAKES TO ENGAGE THAT
INDIVIDUAL AND SAVE LIVES.
>> Reporter: THE DRONES ARE
BEING FLOWN BY A PRIVATE
COMPANY.
THE MAN RUNNING THE DRONE COMPANIES SAY THERE WON’T BE ANY
ENCROACHMENT ON@# AN INDIVIDUAL’
FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS,
PROTECTING ILLEGAL SEARCH AND
SEIZURE, AT ALL, WHEN THE
DRONES ARE UP AND FLYING.
>> WE ARE NOT RUNNING PATROLS.
WE ARE NOT RUNNING ANY
SURVEILLANCE.
IF WE KNOW THAT A HUMAN @#IS IN
NEED, WE WILL FLY THE DRONE AS
FAST AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE, AND GIVE THE AUTHORITIES A GOOD
IMAGE OF THE SITUATION.
THERE IS NO SECONDARY MISSION. >> Reporter: THEY STARTED
BRAINSTORMING TO COME UP WITH A
WAY TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF
THE DRONES.
EVERY DAY, NOT JUST DURING
SPECIAL EVENTS.
NOW, IF YOU LIVE HERE @#IN CORAL GABLES AND YOU SAY, THIS MUST
BE EXPENSIVE, NO.
THE CHIEF TELLING ME THIS AFTERNOON IT ONLY COST $10 FOR
THEM TO LEGALLY DO THIS
CONTRACT WHILE ALL OF THIS IS
BEING SET UP.
THE CHIEF SAID THEY WILL STILL
CALL AND MIAMI-DADE POLICE TO @#
LAUNCH THEIR HELICOPTER WHEN
THEY SEE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE
GOING INTO OTHER JURISDICTIONS
AROUND THEM OR COUNTYWIDE.
CERTAINLY, THEY WON’T HAVE TO
DO THAT AS MUCH. ALSO, MOVING FORWARD, HE THINKS
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF
THIS IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.