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Late night Amber Alert shows Ontario’s worst side
- Thread starter UnpopularBlargh
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...You know that second tweet pisses me off, cause if more people DID do that, the world would be:
1) Way more badass
2) Better for everyone
1) Way more badass
2) Better for everyone
What is an amber alert? Is it like a message that comes up or does the phone keep ringing till you acknowledge it?
I understand groaning if it happens late at night, and getting frustrated, but you don't have to tweet your first reaction.
it's an alert that gets sent out when a child is abducted in order to help locate them / the person who abducted them
Your phone (and TV if it's on) BLARES the alert at full volume.
You can't, at least not entirely.
Sometimes setting your phone to silent will stop the audio portion, but not the alert itself.
Even then, the alerts are capable of overriding phone settings.
They are used for a number of purposes (natural disaster, potential terrorist alerts, etc.) and they are specifically unable to be opt'd out due to the nature of the alert. You can specify them as specific as a city block, to country wide. The police here choose Ontario wide, which might have been a "bit" overkill, but it's still a correct use of the system.
Considering that many children are abused by their parents, this is a pretty awful take.
I complain to myself every time an extreme weather alert, amber alert, or presidential emergency alert test comes to my phone and scares the bajeezus out of me. But, I still understand it's an important mechanism and an important way to make children safe. It should scare the shit out of you, because child abduction is a scary fucking thing and Amber Alerts freakin' work. Any time I get an amber alert on my phone when I'm out in public, suddenly I turn into the Pink Panther scoping out every car driving by and looking at license plates.
First tweeter in the OP is a major dick. "HER FATHER KIDNAPPED HER WHATS THE PROBLEM???" I just want to shake the shit out of those people.
First tweeter in the OP is a major dick. "HER FATHER KIDNAPPED HER WHATS THE PROBLEM???" I just want to shake the shit out of those people.
It's a message from the police in extreme situations involving kids, like emergency broadcast system on TV,
that comes up on your phone that will override whatever you're doing. I didn't actually hear mine though, I don't think it overrides if the phone is on silent?
OP
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Not to mention he's the main suspect in her disappearance and death.
This happened in my hometown. Fuck all these morons.
Also for those wondering how the Amber Alert system works go here.
The girl was determined to be missing at about 6:30 PM, but the amber alert wasn't sent until after 11:00 PM. It was sent to people more than 500 km away.
And then after midnight when they located her (deceased, unfortunately), they sent another one to everyone, calling off the amber alert. There's no way that kind of message is the same priority, but since the system has no ability to have priority levels, it blares at the same insane volume that the initial alert does.
The morons calling 911 about it are insane, but this system has legit problems. She was found ~425 KM from where I am and I received both the alert and the update calling off the alert.
And then after midnight when they located her (deceased, unfortunately), they sent another one to everyone, calling off the amber alert. There's no way that kind of message is the same priority, but since the system has no ability to have priority levels, it blares at the same insane volume that the initial alert does.
The morons calling 911 about it are insane, but this system has legit problems. She was found ~425 KM from where I am and I received both the alert and the update calling off the alert.
I undertand the frustration. I turned off emergency alerts on my phone after a few late night Amber alerts many miles from where I was sleeping.
I was in bed, but the alert was a loacation 5 minutes of me basically. Who is to say I wasn't there instead?
It isn't like you can't just roll over and go back to sleep after you read it.
And it's almost always someone close to the child. That's how this shit happens.
It isn't like you can't just roll over and go back to sleep after you read it.
And it's almost always someone close to the child. That's how this shit happens.
Not sure, but it overrided mine and it was on silent.
This is worth pointing out. The alert after midnight that everyone is mad about was calling off the previous alert.
God these selfish fucking idiots. It's not like these things are on a hair trigger and fired out at will, dozen a day. No, these are critical events that are carefully thought out and only done when lives are on the line. Getting the alert means that everything else has failed and they are turning to the public to prevent death and injury.
If you are on silent, it'll just override the vibration and do that at max.
They're all sent out as Presidential Alerts up here. Also they don't quite have the locales down yet (see: People in Alberta getting the report for the event that happened in Toronto).
If you are on silent, it'll just override the vibration and do that at max.
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You can't. There's only one level of alert in Canada, and it can't be disabled.
It is kind of asinine for Amber Alerts sent out after bedtime, when the vast majority of people are going to be sleeping and not on the lookout for the kid.
My phone was on silent so for me it just buzzed a few times and I Looked out the window for a bit then went back to sleep.
Yea the system isn't perfect. But I'd rather have this than not.
it's good people are being dragged
the suspect was found because of the amber alert. about 140~km away from where the alert originated.
you do realize that the dude could have been 425km away from the starting point in the abduction time by just driving at the speed limit, yes?
the entire point of the amber alert is a child is in immediate danger and the police need as many eyeballs wherever possible. guy wasn't even in the greater toronto area when someone who saw the amber alert spotted him. imagine if that person instead took the stance of "oh it's in toronto why am i getting this alert"
the suspect was found because of the amber alert. about 140~km away from where the alert originated.
you do realize that the dude could have been 425km away from the starting point in the abduction time by just driving at the speed limit, yes?
the entire point of the amber alert is a child is in immediate danger and the police need as many eyeballs wherever possible. guy wasn't even in the greater toronto area when someone who saw the amber alert spotted him. imagine if that person instead took the stance of "oh it's in toronto why am i getting this alert"
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Ah someone who lives in Toronto and received the alert...it didn't even make noise. Just made my phone vibrate and turned the screen on. Boo fucking hoo, I can't believe people would actually complain about this.
Got the alert but not the alarm. So slept through it. I woke up this morning and read the news online about her death before knowing about the alert. So seeing the alert it on my phone later, that it was canceled, just made me tear up pretty bad.
Sad day here in the GTA. And fuck those idiots for complaining.
And between this and that idiot balcony chair-tosser, I've had it with these insipid morons in this town. Christ, people really suck here now.
Sad day here in the GTA. And fuck those idiots for complaining.
And between this and that idiot balcony chair-tosser, I've had it with these insipid morons in this town. Christ, people really suck here now.
I'm sure I'd be pissed if I was woken up by it but after a min I'd understand. It helps as the police just said, I'd rather lose a lil bit of sleep than allow a kid to be taken.
Since I turn my phone off at night I never get the late night alerts where I live. But still those people complaining are assholes.
[B]Peel Regional Police[/B] @[B]PeelPoliceMedia[/B]
Our communications bureau is receiving numerous calls to 9-1-1, complaining about the late hour of the Amber Alert. As a direct result of someone receiving the alert, we were able to locate the suspect & his vehicle. The system works. Thank you to all those that called with tips.
Our communications bureau is receiving numerous calls to 9-1-1, complaining about the late hour of the Amber Alert. As a direct result of someone receiving the alert, we were able to locate the suspect & his vehicle. The system works. Thank you to all those that called with tips.
These people should be fined. You do not call 9-1-1 to complain about a damn alert. If you have to, call the fucking non-emergency number; but not this selfish shit.
I'm not disputing the need for the alert, but rather how it's implemented. Since there's only one level of alert in Canada, it's accompanied by a blood-curdling siren that sounds like the world is ending.
I'm in Toronto and just checked I think you can. Maybe it can be overwritten though
my phone made no sound. just visual notification.... because I have it set up that way.
That's the first time I've ever gotten one of these. I live near the nuclear plant. When mine and my wife's phone started blaring as we were about to head to bed I thought I was about to die. I thought for sure it was related to the nuclear plant.
I've beem unpleasantly disturbed late at night by Amber Alerts before but wouldn't ever think to call or tweet to complain.
It's implemented just fine. Anyone complaining about it is in the wrong imo.
