Video: SFPD Uses Drone to Track Robbery/Auto Burglary Suspects, Four Suspects Arrested

San Francisco police, looking to show off the drone technology that has been helping them to make arrests without engaging in unsafe chases, just released drone video of one recent pursuit and arrest.

The incident began with a mugging at a bus stop in the Sunset District. Officers were called to the scene of the 2200 block of Irving Street on the afternoon of April 1, after two suspects approached a female victim at the bus stop, snatched her purse and assaulted her, and fled into a waiting vehicle.

According to a release from the SFPD, the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and police soon learned that a vehicle of the same description was allegedly involved in two auto burglaries at the Legion of Honor parking lot…

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