Drones Roam Skies Of US Cities, Video

>>>drones have become a familiar tool in u.s. missions overseas. we have heard a lot about those remotely controlled eyes in the sky over the middle east. now some police departments here at home are adding drones to their arsenals. and that's raising eyebrows among privacy advocates. we get our report tonight in nbc's charles headlock.

>> reporter: we have seen them in action in iraq, afghanistan and pakistan. unmanned american drones are the high-tech fixtures of modern military warfare. and now, their surveillance technology is about to be used in a whole new way at home. miami-dade police are among the first to test this new breed of aircraft.

>>like a rocket.

>> reporter: a uav, an unmanned aerial vehicle with some of the same technology as military drones, but much smaller and lighter.MORE HERE