New technology at Pepin County Sheriff’s Office to help find missing people

PEPIN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -The Pepin County Sheriff’s Office partnered with the group called Project Lifesaver to learn how to use their system to locate missing persons with cognitive disabilities like Autism and Alzheimer’s.

Project Lifesaver’s system relies on the power of radio frequencies. A person at-risk of wandering off and getting lost gets a transmitter to wear on their wrist or ankle. This device constantly emits a chirping noise that can only be heard with help from a receiver.

Only when the person is reported missing, law enforcement officials use receivers to pick up this noise to find the person.