Quebec announces new alert pilot project to help find missing seniors
pilot project aimed at finding missing people and seniors with major neurocognitive disorders and whose lives could be in danger.made the announcement the Tuesday in Joliette, one of the three regional municipal counties where the pilot project will take place. The other two locations are Vallée-de-l’Or in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and Drummond in Centre-du-Québec.
“We will never be too benevolent for people living with major neurocognitive disorders or for seniors, who are at greater risk of suffering from them,” Blais said in a statement. “This additional tool will make it possible, at very specific times, to alert the population to keep an eye out to find people in potential distress.”The alerts will be issued only on cellphones and will not be broadcast on radio or television.
The Sûreté du Québec will also provide more detailed information about a disappearance on its website. It will also be shared on social media platforms as well as the province’s Québec en Alerte website.Quebec Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault said the alert system will help appeal to the public, which could then “provide valuable support to the police, families and health-care personnel.
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