NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans police say a drone program set to launch later this year will help address the department’s understaffing.
“We can put a drone up and get to you so much faster than a police car can,” New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a press conference earlier this week.
As of Thursday afternoon, the police department had 913 officers and 62 recruits on board, short of Kirkpatrick’s goal of 1,200…