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Meet L.A. County's Mr. Gadget

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Cmdr. Charles "Sid" Heal hopes to see the SkySeer replace some helicopter surveillance operations. The unmanned aircraft, which weighs 4 pounds, can fly over an incident and send video to investigators below. "This thing costs cents on the dollar to run," Heal said.

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