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Grover Beach police use drone to track down stolen vehicle

September 4, 2023

By JOSH FRIEDMAN

Grover Beach Police Department personnel on Wednesday used a drone to help track down a stolen vehicle and arrest an auto theft suspect.

Police learned of a reported stolen vehicle entering Grover Beach. Dispatchers directed officers to the area of the intersection of W. Grand Avenue and N. Oak Park Boulevard, the police department stated in a social media post.

Dispatchers and officers tracked the vehicle, along with community service technicians who launched the police department’s drone. Eventually, officers located the vehicle and arrested a suspect.


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First the drones were only to be used on the forth, slowly they will use them for other issues until we allow them on a daily bases, who didnt see this coming, but certainly always for a good reason.


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Why wouldn’t Grover P.D. use the drones to look for catalytic converter thieves, to catch a habitual prowler or rapist, a serial arsonist, or a fleeing suspect? Who says they can’t fly a drone on a daily basis? Drones are way cheaper than helicopters and are great force multipliers for small, outnumbered units….. just ask the Ukrainians how they like their drones.


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How do you know they’re not already using a drone on a daily basis? How can you be certain it’s “always for a good reason” (although it sounds like you’re not really serious about this last assertion)?


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