It is not uncommon for one of our loved ones to become stricken with a debilitating disease like Alzheimer's or Dementia. Each year the Sheriff's Office responds to hundreds of calls from families reporting their loved ones missing.
Just last night Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office and our Search and Rescue Team assisted the Salem Police Department in locating 67 year old, Patty Slater of Turner. In this case Ms. Turner was spotted by an off duty Deputy some 2 miles from her home after she became lost, but tragically this is not always the case.
It is because of cases like these that the Sheriff's Office has teamed up with Project Lifesaver a Program where participants wear a personalized bracelet which emits a tracking signal on an individualized FM radio frequency. Each participant's bracelet transmitter is assigned a radio frequency that is unique both to them and to their geographical area.
When a Project Lifesaver participant is determined to be missing, a caregiver contacts the Sheriff's Office via 911, trained deputies will immediately respond to search for the missing person using PLI's radio-frequency tracking equipment. There is an initial $95, one time, cost to setup PLI and $25 per month after that. The cost includes all necessary equipment and maintenance needed to be a member of PLI.
To qualify your loved one must live in Marion County; be diagnosed by a certified physician as having Alzheimer's Disease, other dementia disorders, Autism, Down Syndrome or other similar disorders; and is known to wander away from caregivers. To learn more about PLI check out our webpage at http://www.co.marion.or.us/SO/Operations/programs/PLI.htm
Just last night Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office and our Search and Rescue Team assisted the Salem Police Department in locating 67 year old, Patty Slater of Turner. In this case Ms. Turner was spotted by an off duty Deputy some 2 miles from her home after she became lost, but tragically this is not always the case.
It is because of cases like these that the Sheriff's Office has teamed up with Project Lifesaver a Program where participants wear a personalized bracelet which emits a tracking signal on an individualized FM radio frequency. Each participant's bracelet transmitter is assigned a radio frequency that is unique both to them and to their geographical area.
When a Project Lifesaver participant is determined to be missing, a caregiver contacts the Sheriff's Office via 911, trained deputies will immediately respond to search for the missing person using PLI's radio-frequency tracking equipment. There is an initial $95, one time, cost to setup PLI and $25 per month after that. The cost includes all necessary equipment and maintenance needed to be a member of PLI.
To qualify your loved one must live in Marion County; be diagnosed by a certified physician as having Alzheimer's Disease, other dementia disorders, Autism, Down Syndrome or other similar disorders; and is known to wander away from caregivers. To learn more about PLI check out our webpage at http://www.co.marion.or.us/SO/Operations/programs/PLI.htm