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A missing elderly man from McKean was located safely Thursday morning after Millcreek Police received an alert through the Flock Safety System that led officers directly to his vehicle.<\/p>\n
According to the Millcreek Police Department, officers received a missing persons alert at approximately 7:43 a.m. on September 3 through the Flock Safety System.<\/p>\n
The alert identified a license plate connected to a missing person report that had been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) by a law enforcement agency outside the Erie area.<\/p>\n
Patrol officers responded quickly to the location identified by the alert and located the vehicle in a nearby parking lot. Upon making contact with the occupant, officers discovered an elderly man in his 80s from McKean who was experiencing a medical condition and in need of assistance.<\/p>\n
The Millcreek Township Fire Department responded to the scene, and medics provided care before transporting the man to a local hospital for treatment and further evaluation.<\/p>\n
Officers also contacted the man’s family to inform them that he had been found and was receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the successful outcome highlights the value of modern technology and strong coordination between emergency responders. A rapid response from Millcreek Police officers, Fire Department medics, and the Flock Safety System played a critical role in locating the missing man and ensuring he received the care he needed.<\/p>\n
Officials expressed gratitude that the individual was found safely and credited the combined efforts of law enforcement and emergency medical personnel for helping bring the incident to a positive resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A missing elderly man from McKean was located safely Thursday morning after Millcreek Police received an alert through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26030,136,138,137,116599,61813,10623,116600],"class_list":["post-278524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-emergency-response","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-flock-safety-system","tag-license-plate-recognition","tag-millcreek-police","tag-missing-elderly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}