by Liz MullenThe Hermosa Beach Police Department has been using drones for about five years in police work, including tracking down suspects, giving officers real-time views of illegal activity, and even finding missing persons.Now, HBPD is conducting a pilot program using its drone at different times of the day and night and different days of the week to gather data on how to best deploy the technology. It started about two weeks ago with the drone being used on weekend nights, accordin
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