LA County Launches Tracking Bracelet Program To Find Missing Patients

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County Wednesday began a new tracking service to help locate people with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or Autism who go missing.

The program, called L.A. Found, will allow users to voluntarily wear trackable bracelets. When people with the bracelets are reported missing, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department will then use handheld or helicopter receivers to track and locate them.

Glendale and La Verne are among the cities already using the bracelets, which are provided by the nonprofit group Project Lifesaver.

"So if a person was to go missing, they would call 911 and they would notify dispatchers if the missing person was wearing a Project Lifestyle bracelet," LASD Sgt. Kevin Tiwari told CBS2.

Authorities would be given the bracelet's frequency, which would then be entered into a receiver that could be detected by a tracker device within a mile, according to Tiwari. The missing person's precise location would be triangulated with the help of the trackers and also with the LASD's aerial bureau, which has up to a five-mile radius.

The bracelet costs $325 plus tax and shipping.

If you are interested in getting one for yourself or someone else, visit LAFound.com for more info.