Can the future of local policing be found in this LA County city?

A thermal-seeking drone hovered over a junkyard, looking for heatwaves telling where a kidnapping suspect hid.
A tiny listening device picked up the rattle of gunshots — alerting police about the gunfire, even though no one called from the neighborhood.
Officers stood in front of a high-tech simulator, with armed bad guys and innocents popping up — when do I shoot?
Many police agencies deploy high-tech. Because of its youth, the Lancaster Police Department is different — it cou