Mount Lebanon’s Police Chief, Jason Haberman says the department, in collaboration with several South Hills communities, is utilizing drones to help with public safety. He highlighted a recent case where his department assisted South Park Township, in arresting a man wanted for burglary and a domestic incident.
Chief Haberman showed us the drone footage. You can see a man, down on his stomach, hiding in thick brush. From hundreds of feet above, a Mount Lebanon police officer is operating a drone, following the suspect’s every move.
Mount Lebanon has had drones for the past several years, but more recently, in the last few months, they’ve developed a South Hills area drone team as part of SHACOG, South Hills Area Council of Government.
Chief Haberman says his sergeant has a drone on one end of the potential crime scene, while a South Park Township officer was on the other end.
“They deployed their drones tactically,” Chief Haberman said. “It was really great teamwork.”
Together, they had a wide view of the scene and were able to narrow in on the suspect’s location.