JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez announced that they located a missing senior within hours who had wandered from his home on the morning of April 8, thanks to the county’s “Operation Lifesaver” program.
At approximately 3:15 a.m. that morning, Sheriff’s officers responded to a call from an elderly woman saying that her 83-year-old husband was missing from his home.
The county sheriff’s Operation Lifesaver program then went into effect. A tracking device had already been placed on a person using the service. When the person goes missing, the tracking bracelet is activated and the person is tracked through a GPS-type system.
The missing man was found less than an hour after he disappeared from his home. He was in the parking lot of the White Castle at Newark Avenue and Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City.
To learn more about Operation Lifesaver, call (201) 915-1300. — RK