DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Iowa has launched a new system to help locate endangered people when they go missing.
Law enforcement from across the state on Tuesday announced the Iowa Endangered Persons Advisory. The system is aimed at helping to locate Iowans with cognitive impairments or seniors with medical conditions like dementia when they wander from home or caregivers.
Local police can use the system if they decide media need to be notified. The system has specific criteria. Those include determining if the person is in danger or if the circumstances are unexplained or suspicious. The person's information will be entered into a state-wide missing person's database.
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