Kansas Agency Launches Alert and ID System for Special Needs Persons

The City of Salina Police Department's Support Division has launched a new system designed to help officers identify and deal with individual with special needs who may find themselves in an emergency situation.

The City of Salina Police Department's Support Division has launched a new system designed to help officers identify and deal with individual with special needs who may find themselves in an emergency situation.

According to KWCH-TV, the system—dubbed S.A.Id.—empowers parents, guardians, and caregivers, to complete a form that gives the Salina Police Department permission to create a specialized alert in their communication database.

The system allows officers to quickly get access to information on an individual's condition and/or needs prior to their arrival at a scene, allowing them to tailor their response, interaction, and communication to the communication capabilities of the individual.

The system is the result of the efforts of Dispatcher Amber Pfeifer who has a special needs child who likes to wander.

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