HARVEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities reported using a drone during a weekend emergency response.

Members of the Harvey County Emergency Response Team responded to a report of a missing child in the 14,000 block of NW 12th on Sunday.

They deployed an unmanned aircraft equipped with a forward-looking infrared radar to search the rural property for the child.

The officers looked for a heat signature around the property, and a nearby creek widening the search pattern.

Fortunately the child was found in a field approximately a mile away by a deputy on patrol.

The child is home and safe.
No additional details were released.