How the NYPD is utilizing drones to catch subway surfers

BROOKLYN (WABC) — The NYPD is utilizing drones to assist catch subway surfers.

Earlier this week, police used a drone to trace 5 surfers in Brooklyn on a southbound B practice from Newkirk Plaza to Kings Freeway.

Officers converged on the station the place the practice was headed, however suspects ran in hopes of avoiding arrest.

The drone tracked the suspects within the streets till officers have been capable of catch them.

Simply two days after this incident, a 16-year-old subway surfer was critically injured in Queens.