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Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.45,0:00:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Project Lifesaver was implemented in 2002
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.30,0:00:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Lynchburg Sheriff's Office
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.29,0:00:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to offer this to the citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.56,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Lynchberg to give the caregivers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:00:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and family members peace of mind that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.23,0:01:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their loved ones can be found quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.09,0:01:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I was a police officer in Westpeak
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.14,0:01:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Virginia for 33 years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my jobs was commanding officer of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.63,0:01:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special operations which was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.64,0:01:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWAT and search and rescue.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.28,0:01:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were having a lot of recurring searches
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.02,0:01:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Alzheimer's patients that had wandered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.71,0:01:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and frankly we weren't doing a very
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.88,0:01:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good job of finding them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.17,0:01:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really was getting a little tired
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.10,0:01:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disheartened about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.94,0:01:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having to tell families we were
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.46,0:01:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discontinuing the search or worse, we had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.15,0:01:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found them however
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.21,0:01:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Project Lifesaver, number one is a tool to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.02,0:01:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help public safety personnel locate people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.83,0:01:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have a condition that would cause
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.69,0:01:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them to wander
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.74,0:01:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just equipment, that's the big
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.48,0:01:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing, we're not just a vendor or something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.30,0:01:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're a programme.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.53,0:01:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have had 92 successful searches
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.63,0:01:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its a great feeling, its a great peace of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.20,0:01:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mind for families and citizens of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.15,0:02:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lynchburg. We enjoy getting to know the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.69,0:02:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families and getting to build reports with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.76,0:02:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, so it really hits home when one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.32,0:02:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanders and you know more about them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.06,0:02:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a bond with the family and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.87,0:02:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the child or the adult.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.54,0:02:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fervent hope was to be able to find
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.23,0:02:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that would help us in, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making these searches more successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.30,0:02:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came across some information about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.11,0:02:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wildlife tracking and a thought occurred
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.15,0:02:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me, if we can do this with wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.27,0:02:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why can't we do it with people? So, I was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.55,0:02:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to contact a company and get them to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.19,0:02:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work with me, uh, and develop a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.52,0:02:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transmitter that could be put on a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.79,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person's arm. And that was the start of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.86,0:02:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Project Lifesaver. Our passion, our
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.68,0:02:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desire, uh, we think Project
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.90,0:02:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lifesaver, the Lynchburg Project
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.65,0:02:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lifesaver program, is uh, our premier
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.08,0:02:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community service program, here in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.46,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city of Lynchberg. Uh, we provide it now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.90,0:02:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at no cost to those that cannot afford it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.30,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through an annual fundraiser and so,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.51,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, again the goal behind that is, is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we bring that individual back home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.69,0:03:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,safely and historically with our 92 all
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.34,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within thirty minutes or less, um, the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.56,0:03:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotion that we feel, the, the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.84,0:03:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,satisfaction that we have done our job
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.97,0:03:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and done it well, with the assistance of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.71,0:03:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this technology, you can't put a price on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.43,0:03:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, because someone's life, someone's
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.19,0:03:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loved one is brought home and um,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.64,0:03:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.96,0:03:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell people when you work for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.40,0:03:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Project Lifesaver International,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.80,0:03:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a job, it's a way of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.63,0:03:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you adapt yourself to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.29,0:03:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not getting a signal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.26,0:03:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to have to call in the drone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.88,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to describe it and still do as when
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.35,0:04:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're searching for somebody and you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.30,0:04:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't anything like this to help you, you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.27,0:04:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually doing a swag search. And
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.87,0:04:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people say 'Well what's a swag?' I said
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.86,0:04:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a scientific wilda** guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.84,0:04:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before Project Lifesaver, you didn't have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.83,0:04:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any resources but individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.94,0:04:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we first started the program, I mean
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.40,0:04:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was very bare basics, you know, we had
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.02,0:04:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the receiver, we had the transmitter, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.18,0:04:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were pretty, uh, bare, I mean it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.34,0:04:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just a, it was a, something had never
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been done before, so we were doing what
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could with what we had.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.34,0:04:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, the new hat tracking equipment that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.66,0:04:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could assist with you, assist with the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.79,0:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,search, narrow it down, make it a little
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.76,0:04:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faster, give that extra peace of mind to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.36,0:04:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caregivers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.59,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Project Lifesaver went to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lynchburg Sheriff's Office, and we had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basic, uh, receivers that we used, in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fact our first rescue we used those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receivers and saved a ninety-two year-old
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lady that had wandered from a nursing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home, um, using that equipment she was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,located in eight minutes and she would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not have made it until morning, it was in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,December and all she had on was a house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept feeling, well we, we need to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stepping ahead, we need to improve all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time, we need to make it easier for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the agencies, easier for the people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give them more, more that they can work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, you're actually able to ascend
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that through air searches, which was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful, but the availability of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gett'in a helicopter in a timely manner
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gett'in someone available to fly the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helicopter, you're having to depend on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people and other departments and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other resources.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helicopters are great, I love ' em,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however, their expensive and when you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need ' em, sometimes you can't get 'em,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintenance issues, weather issues,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crew issues, and even if you can get it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're thirty to forty-five minutes and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes an hour away from it arriving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on scene.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where with the drone, if you had that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could just implement the search right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there, you don't have to depend on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gett'in an outside agency to come in and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start your search.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's something you can have in the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trunk of the car and it gives you what a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helicopter would give you and it gives it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you much quicker, much cheaper.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on a search and rescue at one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point, and the individual, he had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,autism, and he had wandered, and he had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually gone on his bicycle, so we do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not know how far he had gotten at that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point, we weren't gett'in a signal from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his last known location, so of course we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to spread out our perimeter, but we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in a very hilly city, there's tons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hills, low dips, creeks, and he had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, gotten along a creek line and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just gunning it, I mean he had gotten
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,miles from home, quickly and he was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young boy, so, um, with having just the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ground units, it made it difficult.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average alzheimer's search lasts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nine hours. The average cost is fifteen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundred dollars an hour. You factor that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into, you can search with this equipment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in thirty minutes find this person,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this program is already paid for itself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much cheaper than you would have by
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,launching this massive search.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lynchberg Project Lifesaver, Project
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lifesaver International delivers exactly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it says.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know Project Lifesaver is just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful and it gives that extra peace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mind to the family members.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have made the statement that if it was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just one person, that we were able to go
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out and bring home safely, uh this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,program would be worth it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot of people don't realize how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big this problem is and if you don't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think it's a big problem, pick up a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,newspaper, go on Facebook and look at all
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the searches for people that have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wandered off and not been found