. >>> so you're look at footage from a police drone tracking a suspect in chula vista, california, a 0,000 in san diego county. it's the first police department in the country with a drone as first responder program. the innovative program started in 2018. it responds to about 15 calls a day. so far launching more than 4,000 drone flights. when a 911 call comes in an officer can press a button and send a drone across the city. in this particular case that you're about to see according to the chula vista pd, a known gang member was out on parole asleep at the front seat of a stolen car in a parking lot with suspected drug paraphernalia visible on his lap. he exited carrying a gun in a wrapper and a bag of heroin, ran across the street, ducked behind a wall. although the police had trouble following him, the drone hovered overhead, caught him as he tossed the gun in a dumpster and hiding the heroin and his escape route. an officer back at headquarters relayed all of this. the suspect's observed movements to those on the scene who were able to apprehend him and retrieve the weapon and co