{"id":335544,"date":"2026-05-28T05:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335544\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:24:10","slug":"fresno-police-drone-helps-locate-suspect-fleeing-on-electric-scooter-in-northwest-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335544\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno police drone helps locate suspect fleeing on electric scooter in Northwest Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:01AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fresno police drone helps locate suspect fleeing on electric scooter in Northwest Fresno\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A new crime-fighting tool used by the Fresno Police Department helped officers locate and arrest a suspect accused of violating a restraining order in Northwest Fresno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said operators in the department&#8217;s &#8220;Drone as First Responder&#8221; program spotted the suspect leaving the area on an electric scooter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The suspect initially appeared unaware of the drone overhead, but fled as officers moved in to detain him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">With assistance from the drone, officers tracked the suspect&#8217;s movements and ultimately took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The department unveiled the &#8220;Drone as First Responder&#8221; program in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Officials say the technology provides officers with additional details in real time, including helping locate missing persons, suspects and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:01AM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A new crime-fighting tool used by the Fresno Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[138605,104678,31710,112,114,113,3695,734,1075,131242,138604,1492,138603,108851,294],"class_list":["post-335544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-138605","tag-drone-as-first-responder","tag-electric-scooter","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-police","tag-law-enforcement","tag-northwest-fresno","tag-police-drone","tag-police-technology","tag-public-safety","tag-restraining-order-violation","tag-suspect-arrest","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}