Beverly Hills police add another 'eye in the sky' with expanded drone program

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 police recently added a new drone known as "Hawkeye" to its drone patrol that will give officers a view of crime scenes before they arrive, locate suspects before they're lost, and help patrol the streets of the upscale community. The drone's high-resolution camera is capable of reading a license plate a half-mile away. The city's police department introduced Hawkeye to the city on Tuesday in a set of social media posts that included video of the drone in action.