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| Senior Alert in Ohio | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 12 2008, 10:57 AM (634 Views) | |
| Ell | Apr 12 2008, 10:57 AM Post #1 |
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New law provides alert system to assist lost or missing elderly System will be similar to Amber Alert By ASHLEY PHILLIPS Gazette Staff Writer Law enforcement across the state have begun utilizing provisions of a new law signed in late March by Gov. Ted Strickland and introduced with the help of Ross County law enforcement by State Sen. John Carey that will allow law enforcement to issue an alert for missing elderly people. Similar to an Amber Alert for missing children, this senior alert will be used statewide and nationally to help locate missing older persons who can't be found and whose safety may be in jeopardy. ADVERTISEMENT The law will allow local law enforcement agencies to put information out on highway signs and other public outlets in hopes that someone will see the alert and have a tip on the location of the missing person. People at risk includes any individual who has some type of mental illness such as Alzheimer's, dementia or any other disease that could keep the person from finding their way back home. "This law is going to help us better serve the community," said Lt. Dale Gillette, of the Ross County Sheriff's Office. Other qualifications that fall under the new law include any individual who poses a credible threat of immediate danger of serious bodily harm or death to themselves or someone else in conjunction with the mental condition. "We worked with Sen. John Carey's office on this bill, and I'm proud that Gov. Strickland felt the same way as we did about how important it is to have this," Nichols said. Other states, such as Colorado, Georgia and Texas, have a senior alert system in place. The Ross County Sheriff's Office currently uses a program called Project Lifesaver to help find individuals who are elderly who have come up missing. With passage of the new law in connection with Project Lifesaver, Gillette said he feels seniors in the area are going to be well looked after. (Phillips can be reached at 772-9376 or via e-mail at phillips@nncogannett.com http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbc.../804110319/1002 |
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