BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Australian MedicAlert Foundation to launch the Safe and Found initiative in Queensland.
The partnershipwill significantly expand the organisation's capability to assist with missing person investigations and search and rescue operations.
The initiative assists people living with dementia, autism or a cognitive impairment who might be at risk of becoming lost or reported as missing, by having information from MedicAlert at hand about possible locations or specific behaviour of the person if they go wandering.
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