MedicAlert Connect Protect service will help WPS officers reunite lost or wandering individuals with their families
The Winnipeg Police Service is proud to partner with MedicAlert Foundation Canada to bring the MedicAlert Connect Protect service to the Winnipeg community. This partnership 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.
“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 Manitoba, MedicAlert Connect Protect will safeguard Winnipeg-area MedicAlert subscribers through the valuable MedicAlert protection. In an emergency situation, Winnipeg Police Service officers will have access to vital information that will save valuable time and unnecessary worry from family members and caregivers.”
The Winnipeg Police Service welcomes the partnership with MedicAlert Foundation Canada. "Partnerships like this support our Service's priorities when it comes to the protection of vulnerable persons," said Chief Danny Smyth.
MedicAlert will be holding three registration sessions in Winnipeg following the launch of MedicAlert Connect Protect. Thanks to the Winnipeg Search and Rescue Volunteer Association and MedicAlert Foundation Canada, the first 50 new MedicAlert subscribers will get their first-year service plan and a MedicAlert ID at no cost.
For more information on the MedicAlert Connect Protect service, visit
medicalert.ca/Winnipeg.
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.
“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 Manitoba, MedicAlert Connect Protect will safeguard Winnipeg-area MedicAlert subscribers through the valuable MedicAlert protection. In an emergency situation, Winnipeg Police Service officers will have access to vital information that will save valuable time and unnecessary worry from family members and caregivers.”
The Winnipeg Police Service welcomes the partnership with MedicAlert Foundation Canada. "Partnerships like this support our Service's priorities when it comes to the protection of vulnerable persons," said Chief Danny Smyth.
MedicAlert will be holding three registration sessions in Winnipeg following the launch of MedicAlert Connect Protect. Thanks to the Winnipeg Search and Rescue Volunteer Association and MedicAlert Foundation Canada, the first 50 new MedicAlert subscribers will get their first-year service plan and a MedicAlert ID at no cost.
| Date | Location | Time |
| Thursday, March 1st | Polo Park Shopping Centre 1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0W4 |
10am – 9pm (CST) |
| Friday, March 2nd | St Vital Shopping Centre 86-1225 St Mary’s Rd, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M 5E5 |
10am – 9pm (CST) |
| Saturday, March 3rd | Kildonan Place Shopping Centre 1555 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2C 4J2 |
9:30am - 6pm (CST) |