(COUNTY OF WELLINGTON, ON) Victim Services in coordination with the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Guelph Police Service (GPS) would like to remind the residents of Wellington County about Project Lifesaver. This program is dedicated to assisting caregivers with finding their loved ones that have wandered off due to suffering from Alzheimer’s, Autism, and other forms of cognitive impairment.
Every participant wears a bracelet that is a battery operated wrist transmitter that emits a unique radio frequency every second, twenty-four hours a day. How Project Lifesaver works is that a caregiver notifies Wellington County OPP when a loved one has gone missing and specially trained police officers will use a portable directional antennae to search for and locate the missing person.
Wellington County OPP currently has 12 search specialists trained with 2 trainers. Each year the trained members of the OPP receive their recertification through daylong classroom and practical scenario training.
For additional information on Project Lifesaver, please contact Victim Services at (519) 824-1212 Ext. 205.
