In what they called a "first in the nation," a California sheriff's office used a drone equipped with a magnet to disarm a wanted man, pulling a knife from his hand without risking the life of a single officer.On Wednesday, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office posted a video to social media showing how its officers used emerging technology to arrest 30-year-old Austin Carter, who was holed up inside his filthy home.Carter was being pursued by law enforcement for violating his parole.According to the sheriff's office, he is a registered sex offender who has a lengthy criminal history.
On Thursday, a SWAT team arrived at Carter's home to apprehend him, according to the sheriff's office."Negotiators made repeated attempts to establish communication and have Carter, who was seen earlier with a firearm, surrender peacefully.They received no response," the sheriff's office said in a social media post.TEXAS COMPANY CREATES DRONES TO CONFRONT SCHOOL SHOOTERS IN SECONDSThe Sacramento Sheriff's Office flew a drone into 30-year-old suspect Austin Carter's cluttered home and used it to disarm him.
The knife Carter was holding is attached to the magnet on the drone.(Sacramento Sheriff's Office)"[M]eet Buster! Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office's new robotic K9 platform," the sheriff's office announced in the post.Deputies flew the drone into Carter's home and located him in the corner of his garage.
Once they found him, they attached a powerful magnet to the drone in an attempt to wrest away the knife he was clutching.BOYS, AGES 7 AND 9, SEEN IN ARMED STANDOFF RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM DEPUTIESFootage from the drone shows it hovering right above Carter, who was lying down and unresponsive.Suddenly, the knife flew upward, out of his hand and onto the magnet.Sheriff's deputies remove Austin Carter, 30, from his home and arrest him for violating his parole on June 18.
(Sacramento Sheriff's Office)After that, deputies used Buster, a robotic K9 unit, to remove all the obstacl...