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Deploying High conveys the life, leadership, and lessons learned by Chief Gene Saunders in his mission to save lives and bring loved ones home through Project Lifesaver International. Chief Saunders pushed through adversity and successfully developed the right solution of technology and feet-on-the-ground in order to drastically reduce the time it takes to recover a wandering person. The resulting use of personal locators, drones, tracking devices, and expert field staff has allowed Project Lifesaver International to become the leading force in special-focus search-and-rescue. Over 3,500 cognitively impaired people prone to wandering have been saved. This is the life-saving story of Chief Gene