Citrus Heights technology program helped rescue 5 missing people
Implemented in 2013, Citrus Heights Police Department said they have seen success stories come from Project Life Saver.
Author: Monica Coleman (ABC10)
Updated: 5:20 PM PDT May 22, 2021
CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif — Citrus Heights Police Department has received 160 missing person reports this year, according to Citrus Heights Police Department spokesperson William Dunning.
To help with this continuous problem, the police department started the Project Life Saver program in 2013 and since then 62 people have signed up and five people have been directly helped by this program.
"The overall goal of Project Life Saver is to utilize state-of-the-art technology to assist locating people who may go missing that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia," Dunning said. "We’ve had five successful rescues where we’ve located people who have been enrolled in our program."