The Baltimore Police Forensic team is proving there’s more to documenting crime scenes than meets the eye.

Crime lab technician Megan Descalzi started the drone unit in the Baltimore Police Forensics Department five years ago.

“I came to Baltimore as a crime scene technician, and the idea of drones got sparked, and I said I can help you with that,” she said. “We just started talking about what drones are, what other people are doing with drones, and how we can apply it to crime scenes.”

Today, the department has six drones and nine female crime lab technicians who are authorized FAA pilots, capturing aerial photographs at crime scenes across Baltimore.

The drones can reach heights up to 400 feet and offer a unique perspective to police — and to jurors who are presented the photos as ev

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