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But why would you? I know of incidents just this year that a child was saved because of amber alerts. It's put out for the same reason that people on here are
by codeddesign 10y ago
But why would you? I know of incidents just this year that a child was saved because of amber alerts. It's put out for the same reason that people on here are arguing for "if your surrounding community were more aware or had a personal interest in each other, these situations would not happen"
- slededit 10y agoBecause it doesn't respect the silent setting on my cell phone. Its unlikely the missing child is in the vicinity of the meeting I just interrupted.
- swiley 10y agoI couldn't remember why I turned it off and now I do.
- Dylan16807 10y agoWhen you say 'saved', are you talking about cases that were not custody disputes?
- __david__ 10y agoThat's what finally got me to start ignoring them—seeing that practically every one was a child "kidnapped" by their parent. Kidnapping by strangers is much more rare, and conflating the two (the way amber alerts do) is a mistake.
- grkvlt 10y agoAlthough, it is statistically much more likely for a child to be killed by a parent or relative than by a stranger... In fact 60-80% of UK murders of under-16s are cases where the victim knew the killer. [1] [1] http://straightstatistics.fullfact.org/article/how-many-children-are-murdered-britain-every-year http://straightstatistics.fullfact.org/article/how-many-chil...
- Dylan16807 10y agoThat doesn't require kidnapping, though. I don't know if it correlates at all.