The Upton Police Dept has developed a Silver Alert Program to help improve police response time when a person w/ Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other cognitive impairment is reported missing. This program is part of Upton's effort to implement the MA Silver Alert Community Response System at the local level. The MA Silver Alert Law outlines procedures & communication protocols among state/local public safety & human service agencies to identify people w/ dementia who've wandered or become lost & return them safely to their homes.
The program involves working w/ people who have a family member at risk of wandering to collect info & recent photo that can help police identify/locate the family member. Collecting this confidential info before an incident occurs enables our agency to begin search procedures immediately, as collection of data after a person has already gone missing can delay an effective search for an hour or more, increasing the chances the wanderer will be in danger.
Silver Alert Program Registration