Devices to find missing people fast
Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, Mass.)
HAVERHILL, MA — For years, local police have used LoJack to recover stolen vehicles. They will now use its technology to find missing people.
It could be a child with autism who slipped out the back door at a moment when his or her parents were distracted. It could be an elderly person with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease who wandered off. These are the people and the situations where police said time is of the essence and now they have the electronic equipment needed to speed up a search.
The city’s Police Department is one of the more than 1,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States, Canada and Australia participating in Project Lifesaver. Police departments taking part in the program include North Andover and Salem, N.H., according to Haverhill police spokesman Sgt. Robert Pistone.
Clients whose families enroll them in the program will wear a small battery-powered LoJack SafetyNet bracelet emitting a radio signal that police can track.
via Devices to find missing people fast – EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA.
Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Autism, Wandering |
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