The police found an intellectually disabled person in Matamata on their phone 37 minutes after their report.
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The police used a worldwide tool twice this week to find people missing by pursuing the location information on their phones.
The new technology, the DLI service (Device Location Information), could be used by emergency services to locate a person's mobile phone who had not called themselves, but there are serious fears of their health or security.
The technology started last week made it faster for the police to limit the search area for people who were able to say or not where they were, under certain circumstances, under which it was necessary to prevent or reduce a serious threat to the life or health of the person concerned or another.
The DLI ability was announced by the Minister of Police Mark Mitchell last Friday.
Inspector Dan Weir, manager of the police supply center for emergency communication and shipping, said on Thursday evening that the police received a report about a person with an intellectual disability that was missing in her house in Matamata.
“The person was not seen for 30 minutes and had left her Wandatrak at home. It was raining and the person of the person was increasingly worried.”
Inspector Weir said the decision was made to enable the DLI service and sent civil servants to the person's location in a nearby park.
“The person was returned 37 minutes after the missing person, which is an incredible result.
“If every second counts, this service is another tool to make help easier for our teams that they need to protect them.
“One of the most stressful parts of our work is to find out where there are people when they are desperate and need help, but do not tell us or do not know where they are, or equally when someone reports a loved one and does not know where they could be.”
The DLI service provides an improvement in the previous functions, which meant that manual inquiries had to be asked to mobile phone network operators to try to locate a device.
“At the beginning of the week, the service was used to find a person whose family had direct concerns about their well -being.
“Fortunately, after he was involved in a single vehicle accident in Piha, the person was found unharmed, and was able to receive the help they needed.
“Time can often be the difference between life and death, and we are enthusiastic about having access to this service.”
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“This is an important tool that helps the emergency services to react faster when every second counts,” said Bradley.
“The ability to quickly locate a person whose life or health is a serious risk, but is unable to demand help can mean the difference between life and death.
“It is crucial that this new ability underlines the value of the cooperation between emergency service centers.
“By working and using the common technology, we humans can provide people a faster and more precise medical reaction for people if they need them wherever they may be.”
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