SafetyNet Program
The Hudson Police Department and the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office have partnered with a local Massachusetts company to bring new technology to the Town of Hudson, technology designed to help locate people with cognitive conditions and who are, or could be prone to wandering.
The SafetyNet by Lojack service provides public safety agencies such as the HPD & Sheriff's Office, with the tools and training to more effectively find and rescue individuals who are or could be prone to wandering and becoming lost. It also helps caregivers provide an added layer of protection for loved ones with cognitive conditions from the life-threatening behavior of wandering.
Through the SafetyNet by Lojack service, new tracking technology is made available to caretakers of Alzheimer’s patients to help find them if they become lost. Residents with a documented cognitive condition, such as Alzheimer’s disease or autism, wear a bracelet or anklet that features a radio frequency transmitter broadcast on a specific channel used by law-enforcement for tracking people at risk. Tracking technology aids the HPD & Sheriff's Department in searching for the missing individual. (The radio frequency on the bracelet can even go through buildings, concrete and water!) Once your loved one is enrolled in the service, he/she is assigned a frequency & unique digital ID verification number.
Several organizations offer funding for the program for needy families. For more information or to sign up for the program, call 1- 877- 4- FIND-THEM (1-877-434-6384) or visit www.safetynetbylojack.com. Or, the Hudson Police Department website www.hudsonpd.org.
Cost = $99 enrollment fee & $30/month* (*pricing as of April 2014)
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