MedicAlert Connect Protect service will help Edmonton Police officers reunite lost or wandering individuals with their families
A partnership between the Edmonton Police Service and MedicAlert Foundation Canada will help officers quickly reunite lost or missing individuals living with autism, Alzheimer’s, dementia, or a cognitive brain injury with their family or caregivers.
MedicAlert Connect Protect gives police officers 24-hour access to a registered subscriber’s photo, identity, past wandering history, and other vital emergency information through their MedicAlert medical IDs.
This information will help officers search more efficiently, increasing the chances that those who go missing are reunited with their loved ones sooner. Officers called to an emergency involving a MedicAlert subscriber will also have access to vital information which may be necessary to save a life.
“The Edmonton Police is proud to partner with MedicAlert to bring the Connect Protect service to the Edmonton community, which will ultimately increase the safety of people living with serious medical conditions who go missing throughout Alberta’s capital city,” said Acting EPS Chief Greg Preston.
“When an officer comes across a lost or missing person living with one of these serious medical conditions, they will now be able to quickly and efficiently check the individual’s bracelet and contact EPS Communications/Dispatch for critical information.”
The service will also provide officers with information that could ultimately save their lives.
“It’s critical that we’re able to find and recognize wandering or unidentified people as quickly and efficiently as possible, both to protect our subscribers and also to save police resources,” explains Robert Ridge, President and CEO of MedicAlert.”
“The first of its kind in Alberta, MedicAlert Connect Protect will safeguard Edmonton MedicAlert subscribers through the valuable MedicAlert protection. In an emergency situation, Edmonton Police will have access to vital information that will save valuable time and unnecessary worry from family members and caregivers.”
MedicAlert will be holding two registration sessions in Edmonton this weekend.
Saturday, October 21, 11am – 5pm (MDT)
Kingsway Garden Mall (near the food court)
109 Street and Kingsway
Edmonton, Alberta
T5G 3A6
Specifically for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and dementia:
Sunday, October 22, 12pm – 5pm (MDT)
Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta and the NWT
10531 Kingsway Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 4K1
For more information on the MedicAlert Connect Protect service, visit medicalert.ca/connectprotect.
MedicAlert Connect Protect gives police officers 24-hour access to a registered subscriber’s photo, identity, past wandering history, and other vital emergency information through their MedicAlert medical IDs.
This information will help officers search more efficiently, increasing the chances that those who go missing are reunited with their loved ones sooner. Officers called to an emergency involving a MedicAlert subscriber will also have access to vital information which may be necessary to save a life.
“The Edmonton Police is proud to partner with MedicAlert to bring the Connect Protect service to the Edmonton community, which will ultimately increase the safety of people living with serious medical conditions who go missing throughout Alberta’s capital city,” said Acting EPS Chief Greg Preston.
“When an officer comes across a lost or missing person living with one of these serious medical conditions, they will now be able to quickly and efficiently check the individual’s bracelet and contact EPS Communications/Dispatch for critical information.”
The service will also provide officers with information that could ultimately save their lives.
“It’s critical that we’re able to find and recognize wandering or unidentified people as quickly and efficiently as possible, both to protect our subscribers and also to save police resources,” explains Robert Ridge, President and CEO of MedicAlert.”
“The first of its kind in Alberta, MedicAlert Connect Protect will safeguard Edmonton MedicAlert subscribers through the valuable MedicAlert protection. In an emergency situation, Edmonton Police will have access to vital information that will save valuable time and unnecessary worry from family members and caregivers.”
MedicAlert will be holding two registration sessions in Edmonton this weekend.
Saturday, October 21, 11am – 5pm (MDT)
Kingsway Garden Mall (near the food court)
109 Street and Kingsway
Edmonton, Alberta
T5G 3A6
Specifically for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and dementia:
Sunday, October 22, 12pm – 5pm (MDT)
Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta and the NWT
10531 Kingsway Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 4K1
For more information on the MedicAlert Connect Protect service, visit medicalert.ca/connectprotect.