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But as ken dilanian reports, some critics worry that all that access could compromise privacy. reporter: an eye in the sky, helping police de-escalate gun confrontations, catch drug dealers, and put away violent criminals. about 88 to 90% of the time, the drone is first on the scene before any of our officers in the field arrive. they will be responding east to lingham boulevard. reporter: in beachside santa monica, police officer peter lashley can survey a city block for a purported suspicious person from a command center a mile away, or zoom in to read a license plate. last year the drone was the only witness to a brutal assault, and its footage was used to convict one of the attackers. how have these drones changed the way your department does its work? it s a fundamental change. it allows an experienced police officer to see what s going on in realtime and communicate those facts to the officers responding. reporter: they say ....

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