Orland Park gets FAA approval for police/fire drone use

Orland Park police have received the OK from the Federal Aviation Administration to use a drone, the village said Wednesday in a news release.

Six officers are undergoing training to pilot the drone, which the department sees as being useful in situations such as helping locate a missing person or tracking a fugitive on the run…Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown. A related story is in the Patch.