DENNIS — Every Second Counts
Phase 1 testing opens September 2026

Partner with DENNIS.
Bring your community with you.

DENNIS works because the right people are already close by. Agencies, businesses, clinicians, providers, and sponsors each hold a piece of what makes a search end well. This page is for you.

No cost to partner. Emergency features stay free for families, always.

One network
Agencies, businesses, and neighbors working the same alert instead of five separate phone trees.
Your rules
You set your radius, your role, and what you're willing to take on. Nothing is automatic.
Region by region
DENNIS opens one area at a time. Everyone on the list in an open region gets an invitation.
Free to join
Partnering costs nothing. We are looking for readiness, not budget.
For first responders

A force multiplier,
not a replacement.

DENNIS does not compete with or replace our first responders. Your agency gets its own access, built around what actually happens on a wandering call, with the community organized behind you instead of around you.

1

Know who you're looking for before you find them

The person's profile reaches you ahead of contact. How they communicate. What frightens them. How to approach without escalating it. The information that decides how the first thirty seconds go, in your hands before you arrive.

2

Civilian searchers you can actually account for

Volunteers are identity-verified and background-checked before they respond to anything. You can see who is out, where they are, and what ground is already covered, so the well-meaning crowd becomes a resource rather than a second problem.

3

Built to complement the alerts you already run

DENNIS is designed to complement public alerting, not to sit inside it. Your existing protocols, registries, and locator programs keep working exactly as they do now.

Register your agency

Tell us your discipline and jurisdiction. We will come to you when testing opens in your area.

For businesses & organizations

The place searchers gather.

Storefronts, restaurants, faith communities, civic groups, gyms, property managers, school districts. You are already where people are, and that turns out to matter enormously.

1

Alert your staff, not just yourself

One organization account covers your locations. When something happens nearby, the people working that shift know to look up.

2

Small things that change outcomes

Check your cameras when someone asks. Let a search party stage in your lot. Keep an eye on the door. None of this costs you anything and all of it counts.

For ASD professionals & providers

You already know
which families need this.

Clinicians, therapists, educators, advocates, group homes, day programs, and residential providers see wandering risk long before anyone else does. Two different ways to work with us.

1

Professionals: help us build it right

Tell us the populations you serve and where the current tools fail them. The people who do this work daily should shape what gets built, and we would rather hear it now than after launch.

2

Providers: protect the people in your care

If your organization is responsible for adults or children who elope, DENNIS gives your staff a faster first move and a wider net on the worst day of the year.

Register your organization

We ask for your discipline and role. Never license numbers, never client information.

For sponsors

Keep it free for families.

Every emergency feature is free to every family, permanently. Sponsorship is how that promise stays true. If your company, foundation, or civic organization wants to underwrite a region, we should talk.

One form. Every role.

Tick every box that applies to you. Plenty of people wear more than one hat, and we want all of them.

If someone is missing or in danger right now, call 911. DENNIS is in development and is not an emergency service. It does not replace 911, law enforcement, or emergency medical care, and nothing described on this page is available for use today.

DENNIS is named for a real boy who is prone to elopement. It was created and designed by his mother.