Drones aid St. Paul police in copper theft incident
Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say extra eyes in the sky helped them catch copper thieves red-handed, and the arrests were made using their Real Time Information Center.
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Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say extra eyes in the sky helped them catch copper thieves red-handed, and the arrests were made using their Real Time Information Center.
Police say the rescue of a 5-year-old boy struggling to stay afloat proves how valuable drones can be when every second counts. Jason Rantala spoke to the officer who says the eye in the sky helped guide this rescue caught on camera.
The St. Paul City Council decided on Wednesday not to expand the police force's drone program.
Police launched a drone after someone spotted a child struggling in a pond Monday afternoon.
In less than two weeks, the high-energy laser weapon system has taken down 11 drones, coinciding with a 75% drop in drones probing the border, military officials told CBS News.
It's Tyler Larson's first year running a spray drone. On Thursday morning, he was applying fungicide to a soybean field near Owatonna, Minnesota.
Police in Minneapolis are citing a May incident involving a missing man found by a drone as a positive example of how the technology can be used to keep the public safe. City officials are considering trying out a drones-as-first-responders program that neighbors are concerned could really mean public surveillance.
As a debate about first responder drones continues in Minneapolis, Conor Wight introduces a man who says he owes his life to the aerial technology.
The police drone debate has come to Minneapolis. Does speed responding to problems outweigh concerns about surveillance? Ashley Grams breaks down the pros and cons of using the flying first responders.
Crime-fighting tools perched on the top of sky-scrapers. It sounds like something out of a comic book. But as Photojournalist Tony Peterson and Jeff Wagner show us: police are praising the high-tech help.
A series of drone incursions into countries neighboring Ukraine and Russia is fueling concern that their four-and-a-half year war could spread.
While the drones are in the air responding, police officers are monitoring the camera feed and location from the station.
Every second counts in an emergency and new tech could save time and potentially lives. Bloomington is the latest metro police department to consider launching a drone first responder team. Ashley Grams has a behind the scenes look at what's becoming a growing trend.
Mitchell Bechtold, who is pastor for four churches in the area, has now filmed more than 40 churches across central Minnesota, with many still ahead.
A small-town priest is taking preservation to new heights.
A Twin Cities mom got a big scare this weekend when her 8-year-old son wandered far away from home.
A Twin Cities mom got a big scare this weekend. Her 8-year-old Felix wandered away. Jason Rantala shows us how local authorities used a high-tech tool to find him.
The Defense Department on Wednesday shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in southwest Texas, federal officials confirmed to CBS News.
The goal, Minnetonka police say, is to cut response times, give officers more information before arriving on scene and improve community outcomes.
A first-of-its-kind program is taking flight in a Twin Cities suburb Monday. Minnetonka police are dispatching drones to some emergencies before first responders even arrive on scene. As photojournalist Tony Peterson and Ubah Ali show us, police say it's about responding faster, safer, and smarter.
Red Wing police officers say four to five drones were spotted flying around a nuclear plant on Wednesday.
Alleged drone sightings have been multiplying exponentially, with more than 5,000 reported in the past few weeks. But experts say the majority of reports about unusual lights in the sky are probably anything but drones.
Mysterious reports of drone sightings have been popping up around the U.S., including areas around the Twin Cities.
President-elect Donald Trump claimed the federal government wants to "keep people in suspense" on the mystery drones.
Israel's government says a drone was launched toward the prime minister's house, with no casualties.
