Police Use Tracker Bracelet to Find Missing Lake Elmo Boy
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is crediting the SafetyNet by LoJach program, and its tracker bracelet, for quickly locating a 7-year-old boy who wandered from his home Sunday afternoon in Lake Elmo.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office located a missing 7-year-old Lake Elmo boy on Sunday by using a tracking signal emitted from his bracelet. Deputies were called at 1:27 p.m. Feb. 24 on a report of a missing child in the area of the Cimarron Mobile Home Park and Golf Course in Lake Elmo. Several officers responded to the area to begin the search, along with the Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, Det. Sgt. Lonnie Van Klei said in a news release. Upon receiving the 911 call, dispatchers identified the child as a participant in the Washington County Sheriff's Office SafetyNet by LoJack program who could be located with a program bracelet. A team of first responders trained to use the program’s search and rescue equipment were dispatched…
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Kris Janisch
10:00 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Thanks Jean. more ›