The Volusia Sheriff’s Office has given tracking bracelets to five local families with autistic children.
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This is thanks to a partnership promised by Sheriff Mike Chitwood following the recent drowning deaths of children in the community.
The bracelets were donated to the families by a company called AngelSense.
Chitwood explained this all started after a deputy saved an autistic child from a body of water in Deltona. Not long after that, the bodies of 4-year-old Waylon Childs and 7-year-old Charlie Newton were found in Volusia County lakes just ten days apart. Both children had autism. AngelSense Vice President Robert Torgusen said the bracelets have GPS tracking and the capability for parents to speak to people through them…