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Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
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The Neighborhood Watch!
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Date: June 09, 2014 02:42PM
Arlington Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
Man wandered away from group home Wednesday morning
http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/arlington-police-locate-autistic-man-using-tracking-device
A new technology allowed police Wednesday to quickly find an autistic man who had wandered away this morning from his group home in Arlington.
Officers from the Arlington County Police Department located a 29 year-old autistic man using a technology called Project Lifesaver with Lojack-Safetynet after he walked away from the home, according to a news release from the county.
At 8:21 a.m., caregivers alerted officers that the man had wandered away from the residence, located in the 800 block of N. Lincoln Street. The autistic man was found a little over a mile away on N. Glebe Road at 9:12 a.m. He was found unharmed and was safely returned to his residence.
Project Lifesaver is a program involving proactive tactics and special operations that respond to incidents of victims who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other related disorders that have wandered away and need assistance finding their way back home. According to the county, the program is known as a safety net which, so far, has had a 100 percent success rate of locating victims since it was introduced in Arlington County.
Citizens within the program wear a personal locator unit on their wrist, which is equipped with a tracking signal. This allows police departments to locate them, typically within a 30-minute timeframe.
The county offers the service to the public. If you’d like to sign up a loved one or for more information on the program, visit www.lojacksafetynet.com/enroll or call 1-877-4-FIND-THEM.
Once enrolled in the program, an officer will contact you with additional details. If you have any questions, contact the Police Department's Lojack Safetynet coordinator, Lieutenant Ron Files at (703) 228-4099.
Man wandered away from group home Wednesday morning
http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/arlington-police-locate-autistic-man-using-tracking-device
A new technology allowed police Wednesday to quickly find an autistic man who had wandered away this morning from his group home in Arlington.
Officers from the Arlington County Police Department located a 29 year-old autistic man using a technology called Project Lifesaver with Lojack-Safetynet after he walked away from the home, according to a news release from the county.
At 8:21 a.m., caregivers alerted officers that the man had wandered away from the residence, located in the 800 block of N. Lincoln Street. The autistic man was found a little over a mile away on N. Glebe Road at 9:12 a.m. He was found unharmed and was safely returned to his residence.
Project Lifesaver is a program involving proactive tactics and special operations that respond to incidents of victims who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other related disorders that have wandered away and need assistance finding their way back home. According to the county, the program is known as a safety net which, so far, has had a 100 percent success rate of locating victims since it was introduced in Arlington County.
Citizens within the program wear a personal locator unit on their wrist, which is equipped with a tracking signal. This allows police departments to locate them, typically within a 30-minute timeframe.
The county offers the service to the public. If you’d like to sign up a loved one or for more information on the program, visit www.lojacksafetynet.com/enroll or call 1-877-4-FIND-THEM.
Once enrolled in the program, an officer will contact you with additional details. If you have any questions, contact the Police Department's Lojack Safetynet coordinator, Lieutenant Ron Files at (703) 228-4099.
Re: Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
Posted by:
The Decline
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Date: June 09, 2014 02:55PM
Does Meade have one of these devices?
Re: Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
Posted by:
zoo tramp marie
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Date: June 09, 2014 05:02PM
The Decline Wrote:
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> Does Meade have one of these devices?
What an insensitive question.
Meade's family has been trying to get him to wander off and never return since he was 14.
The last thing they need is a device to help find him and bring him back.
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> Does Meade have one of these devices?
What an insensitive question.
Meade's family has been trying to get him to wander off and never return since he was 14.
The last thing they need is a device to help find him and bring him back.
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Re: Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
Posted by:
meade 4eva
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Date: June 09, 2014 05:09PM
Or worse a device so he can find his own way back.
Re: Police Locate Autistic Man Using Tracking Device
Posted by:
loloadsfadf
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Date: June 09, 2014 05:11PM
Good thing they found Gerry2 or this place would have been dead.