Missing Adult Registered With "Project Lifesaver " Is Found Before Tracking Equipment Is Activated
Release Number: 09-228
Who:
Missing Adult:
Solomon Mosely
DOB: 2/3/32
Address: 1481 Fresh Drive - Dunedin
Registered with Project Lifesaver and wearing the Project Lifesaver tracking band
What: At around 6:09 p.m., Monday night, September 21st, Solomon Mosely's family contacted the Sheriff's Office immediately after they found he had wandered away from their Fresh Drive residence.
Mr. Mosely's family had registered him with Project Lifesaver. He was equipped with a tracking wristband, which would emit a signal once he was reported missing.
Sheriff's Corporal Jeff Fresh was enroute to activate the tracking equipment when he actually saw Mr. Mosely a few blocks from his home, near the corner of Pinehurst and San Christopher in Dunedin.
Although not an official "find" with the Project Lifesaver tracking equipment, the promptness of the family's response, as instructed, contributed to the return of their loved one in less than five minutes.
See below for more information about Project Lifesaver.
Where: Mr. Mosely resides with family at 1481 Fresh Drive and was found near the corner of Pinehurst and San Christopher in Dunedin.
When: Mr. Mosely wandered from his residence at around 6:09 p.m. and he was found by Cpl. Jeff Fresh at 6:12 p.m.
How/Why: The following is information from the News Release on Project Lifesaver on April 13, 2009, #09-072:
In April, Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats announced that the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office would offer the Project Lifesaver Program countywide to families and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's, dementia and autism. These are persons, who through the circumstances of their condition, often wander from their homes.
For the cost of the equipment, Project Lifesaver provides transmitting bracelets to the client's families and tracking equipment to law enforcement, so that if an Alzheimer's client leaves their home - they are tracked by law enforcement and returned.
Project Lifesaver has been proven to shorten the search time for these persons, who are among our most vulnerable citizens.
There is no registration charge to become part of Project Lifesaver. Families and caregivers who register their client pay just a one-time equipment fee of $300 which covers the cost of the bracelet transmitter and a supply of batteries and wristbands for a year. After the first year, a $70 fee covers additional batteries for a year. The Sheriff's Crime Prevention Unit staff will manage the program and maintain the equipment at no additional charge to those registered.
Sheriff Coats acknowledges that some families and caregivers may not be able to afford the initial fee for the equipment, therefore he has donated $5,000 from the agency's Forfeiture Fund to Project Lifesaver to assist those families who may have paying, but who need the program to help secure the safety of their loved-one. The need assessment will be determined on a case by case basis. Sheriff Coats encourages other citizens or businesses to partner with the Sheriff's Office in this program by making a donation to Project Lifesaver in order to assist as many clients as possible.
All clients registered and their photos will be kept in a database which is accessible to all Pinellas deputies. Deputies have already been trained to use the receivers that track a missing Project Lifesaver client wearing the special bracelet transmitter. Endorsed by a number of other law enforcement agencies, Project Lifesaver has reduced the search time for these persons, and reduced the number of resources required for a successful search.
Registration for Project Lifesaver is by appointment. For an appointment or for more information, contact the Pinellas Sheriff's Project Lifesaver Program at 727-582-6806.
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