The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has a few dozen new sets of eyes hitting the streets to help deputies respond to 911 calls.

Sheriff Joseph Lopinto on Wednesday unveiled the Drone as First Responder program , a fleet of drones equipped with cameras and stationed throughout the parish, ready to launch in a moment's notice.

“This new technology allows our eyes in the sky to arrive on the crime scene in seconds,” Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said.

The drones quickly provide authorities with critical information before deputies arrive on scene: descriptions of suspects or the vehicles being used, the direction a suspect may have fled, a bird's eye-view of the scene or the hiding locations of perpetrators and even victims.

"This is a game changer for us," Lopinto said, adding that the dro

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