This wristband helps locate missing, at-risk people in SLO County. How to get one

An 86-year-old Arroyo Grande man with dementia and Alzheimer’s was found safe on Tuesday morning after being missing for an entire day.

Though the search for Michael Inglis ultimately ended in good news, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has an initiative that could’ve located the man much more quickly, it said.

Project Lifesaver uses radio-tracking technology in the form of light-weight wristbands to help locate individuals who are at risk of wandering and becoming lost, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Thursday.

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