LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A missing child was safely reunited with their family thanks to quick thinking and technology from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
On Jan. 5, a family called 911 to report their child missing near Charleston Boulevard and Fort Apache Road. Within minutes, LVMPD’s Drone as a First Responder team was deployed to assist in the search.
The drone used a thermal imaging camera to scan the area from above. Police said the drone detected a heat signature consistent with a small child in a nearby backyard…