Law Enforcement System & Pricing

Most agencies in the U.S. are on 215MHz. However, since Care Trak is authorized on the 174MHz through 216MHz we have plenty of room for expansion.

It is potentially dangerous for human use. 216MHz is a heavily encumbered frequency with thousands of powerful transmitters used for animals, currency tracking, ocean buoy tracking, law enforcement use and many more applications. These transmitters pulse the same as a human transmitter. You potentially could be tracking a Bobcat instead of a wandered Alzheimer victim or special needs kid and not even know it.

How we solved this: we created a FCC Authorized Double Pulsing 216MHz Transmitter.

Our wide bandwidth range enables us to work around any potential digital TV interference that you might have in your area. Care Trak will look at your areas broadcasting frequencies and give you the best possible frequency solutions for our equipment to operate on.

You own it. Ownership allows your program more flexibility and saves thousands of dollars over the years as your program grows. Except for the minimal battery and band cost all your money stays local.

We have a 7-year Parts and Labor warranty on all electronics. The warranty does not cover misuse, abuse or batteries.

We allow parents of special needs kids to change batteries and bands on their children if they wish to. The participating agency or its representative must change batteries and bands each month on those seniors afflicted with Alzheimer disease and other dementia.

No. We are specialized in tracking only at-risk individuals like seniors with Alzheimer disease and other dementia and kids with special needs like Autism, Down syndrome, brain injuries and other conditions. We do not track Typical kids or adults as others do.

The transmitter emits a silent radio signal 24/7. Each caregiver is given a Transmitter Tester and is required to test the transmitter twice a day and log the results. The procedure is simple and only takes seconds.

That depends on how you run your program. Every two months the transmitter battery and band must be changed. The current price is $4.10 per battery change. Some departments charge just the battery and band cost, while others charge nothing. Some departments charge slightly more a month with the extra money going back into a fund to provide transmitter protection to a family that cannot afford it and to cover expenses.

Yes, although most people think of digital as a read out on a screen like on a car radio. Care Trak does not use a digital read out screen because they do not work well in the cold and they are hard to read in sunlight. Have you ever tried to get money out of your ATM machine with the sun shining on the screen? It is almost impossible to read.

Current and former law enforcement officers conduct training. Our training is 2 days. Our philosophy is to get your officers looking for hidden transmitters within the first 2 hours of instruction. We do not overload your officers with fluff to fill time and go over information they already know. Our training is fast and furious and certainly not boring. Hands-on is the most important part of the training.

Sure. We can train multiple agencies at the same time to save you money. The maximum class size is 12 officers. We supply one tracking unit for each pair of officers to maximize the hands-on experience.

Care Trak pioneered telemetry tracking of at risk individuals in 1986. In 1996 Chief Greg Pratt of the then Stokes County Mountain Rescue Team in King, North Carolina developed search procedures and protocols for all current tracking programs. Chief Pratt is the founder of all electronic tracking programs in use today.

GPS is great for tracking cars, bad for tracking people. GPS (Global Positioning Systems) depends on orbiting satellites to locate a person. Cell phone technology depends on towers. GPS may not be able to locate in buildings, in bad weather or in heavy underbrush. Alzheimer wanderers and special needs kids are not aware they are lost. Additionally, the big and bulky GPS bracelet must be recharged about every 4 days so you would need at least 2 GPS units since you always want a tracking unit on a person at risk. Sometimes LO TECH works better than HI TECH.

The Blue Box Care Trak Receiver has been a mainstay since invented in 1985. Many who use the unit on a regular basis recognize the receiver worldwide as a superior tracking unit. What makes the receiver so good is that it does not have add-on electronics that can cause confusion and features that will most likely never be needed or used.

The box is simple and very user-friendly, which makes training on the unit very effective even to those who are technology challenged. Users like our BCD push button numerical switches, and the receiver also is equipped with a tune control knob that can help bring in very faint signals which can be crucial in locating an at-risk loved one far off.

Most at risk loved ones are not aware they are lost and because of the limitations of GPS and cell systems, telemetry remains the best solution. Telemetry (radio waves) tracking is not rocket science. As one police agency person said telemetry is older than dirt. Over the last 60 years there have been only minor advances in telemetry simply because we are limited by science and physics. It is the nature of the beast.

In a very short time your officers can learn how to track with our user-friendly equipment. That being said, the key to a successful search is practice, practice and practice. Did I mention you will need to practice?