New Device Calls Parents When Child Is In Danger

Feb. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Every 40 seconds someone’s son or daughter is reported missing, totaling 800,000 missing children in the United States each year. Whether you become separated from your child in a crowded mall, at an amusement park, at the beach or if he or she runs into trouble walking home from school, a new technology can alert parents if their children are in danger with an email, text message and a phone call automatically.

The SecuraPAL® (Personal Automated Locator) Guardian from SecuraTrac is a small and lightweight GPS locator device, about the size of a matchbox car, that children can carry in their backpack or pocket and even wear on their belt, wrist or ankle. SecuraPAL Guardian harnesses the power of satellite and cellular technology to automatically alert parents if their child leaves certain areas. The device is also equipped with an SOS button children can push to send an instant alert via email and/or text message to their emergency contacts while the device calls a parent allowing the adult to “listen-in” to what is happening around the child and determine the severity of the situation.

When a child is carrying a SecuraPAL Guardian, their location can be reported to parents and other guardians at set intervals, on-demand, when the SOS button is pressed, or when the child crosses a SecuraFence. Created with just a few clicks of the mouse, you can setup an unlimited number of SecuraFences around any location you choose – a park, home, school, city or other areas.  Your first SecuraFence comes preset on your device based on your home address. SecuraPAL Guardian proactively sends alerts to the contacts permitted to receive these alerts via email, text message and web whenever the device enters or exits a SecuraFence area so you can know when your child arrives and leaves school, soccer practice, or a friends house each day.

SecuraTrac is also now introducing a new feature for the SecuraPAL Guardian called “Listen-In”. With Listen-In when a child presses the SOS button on the SecuraPAL Guardian, all emergency contacts receive a text message, email or web alert with the child’s exact location and directions to that location. And now, one primary contact also receives a phone call from the SecuraPAL Guardian that acts as a microphone so the parent or guardian can hear what is going on around the child. The new service can be added as an additional feature to the SecuraPAL Guardian and is available for $9.99 per month with 30 minutes of talk time.

The MSRP for the SecuraPAL Guardian is $157.78 and monthly service fees start at $18.88 per month. For more information or to purchase a SecuraPAL and secure your peace of mind today, please visit www.securatrac.com.

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About SecuraTrac
SecuraTrac, LLC focuses on improving the lives of families through the use of a small, light- weight GPS device and a state-of-the-art, easy-to-use website. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and their LifeTrac MobileProtector combination phone and GPS solution for seniors is currently nominated for Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Mobile & Wireless Communication Technology. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, CA. Visit www.securatrac.com for more information.