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While i understand the skepticism, at least they are trying to streamline a process. a quick search reveals the startling statistic: Every 40 seconds, a child

While i understand the skepticism, at least they are trying to streamline a process. a quick search reveals the startling statistic: Every 40 seconds, a child goes missing or is abducted in the United States. Approximately 840,000 children are reported missing each year. having access to rapid id/photo. Minutes are precious. I'm no expert but + for fbi, minus for the cynics. Just my 2 cents

ceejayoz 4y ago
That stat isn't as startling as it seems when you dig in; most of those are custody disputes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/most-kidnapped-children-are-taken-by-a-parent-that-doesnt-mean-theyre-safe/2017/07/21/8340cefe-6bc9-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/most-kidnapped-childr... > But contrary to the dominant narrative, nearly all child abductions are perpetrated by family members. Stranger abductions — certainly alarming and tragic — actually occur with “lightning-strike rarity,” as a report in the journal Criminal Justice Studies put it, in contrast to the more than 200,000 parental abductions committed each year that meet the criminal criteria and are not merely delayed visitations or misunderstandings. And the 840k number massively overstates actual active cases; reports can be solved in a matter of minutes/hours, like a lost kid at an amusement park. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-us-missing/fact-check-tweet-overstates-number-of-children-who-went-missing-in-the-united-states-in-2020-idUSL1N2SY199 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-us-missing/fact-ch... > Therefore, of the 365,348 missing children (between the age of 0 and 17) reports recorded in 2020, only 30,396 – or about 8% – were still active cases at the end of the year. (Good luck explaining that to a QAnoner, though.)
- usrn 4y ago
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    I don't think "prevent divorced couples from hating each other afterwards" is all that high on the QAnon priority list.
    - usrn 4y ago
      1) How many QAnon followers do you know? I know quite a few IRL. 2) Preventing divorce in the first place certainly is.
      - ceejayoz 4y ago
        > Preventing divorce in the first place certainly is. Via which specific policies? Simply bemoaning "urban" people's "broken families" doesn't count, and they might start with their favorite President's marriages.
    - Akronymus 4y ago
      I find it sad that nowadays it seems that divorce is pushed for, rather than trying to reconcile/rebuild a healthy relationship. A LOT of problems are caused by a lack of at least one parent/parental role.
- TrueGeek 4y ago
  That stat is shared among parents so much. "840,000 missing a year" in a nation of 73 million children is interpreted as meaning in any given year you have a 1 in 87 chance of never seeing your child again at any given time. My brother won't return his shopping cart to the shopping cart return area because, in those 30 seconds where his back is turned, someone is likely to take his children. One parent told me they take it one step further and they won't use passenger door to put their children in the car. Instead, they reach through the car from the driver's door. This way they don't have to walk around the car which would allow someone to take their child. I've suggested just locking the children in the car but it seems like solving the wrong problem, really.
  - rlt 4y ago
    > One parent told me they take it one step further and they won't use passenger door to put their children in the car. Instead, they reach through the car from the driver's door. This way they don't have to walk around the car which would allow someone to take their child. This is borderline mental illness.
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johnbellone 4y ago
I do not think that access to digital photos and measurements has been a limiting factor in finding abductees. In fact, with the ubiquity of cameras on nearly every device nowadays along with social media we routinely see amateurs dig up information faster than authorities are able to put it out officially.

ceejayoz 4y ago

That stat isn't as startling as it seems when you dig in; most of those are custody disputes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/most-kidnapped-children-are-taken-by-a-parent-that-doesnt-mean-theyre-safe/2017/07/21/8340cefe-6bc9-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/most-kidnapped-childr... > But contrary to the dominant narrative, nearly all child abductions are perpetrated by family members. Stranger abductions — certainly alarming and tragic — actually occur with “lightning-strike rarity,” as a report in the journal Criminal Justice Studies put it, in contrast to the more than 200,000 parental abductions committed each year that meet the criminal criteria and are not merely delayed visitations or misunderstandings. And the 840k number massively overstates actual active cases; reports can be solved in a matter of minutes/hours, like a lost kid at an amusement park. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-us-missing/fact-check-tweet-overstates-number-of-children-who-went-missing-in-the-united-states-in-2020-idUSL1N2SY199 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-us-missing/fact-ch... > Therefore, of the 365,348 missing children (between the age of 0 and 17) reports recorded in 2020, only 30,396 – or about 8% – were still active cases at the end of the year. (Good luck explaining that to a QAnoner, though.)

usrn 4y ago
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  I don't think "prevent divorced couples from hating each other afterwards" is all that high on the QAnon priority list.
  - usrn 4y ago
    1) How many QAnon followers do you know? I know quite a few IRL. 2) Preventing divorce in the first place certainly is.
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      > Preventing divorce in the first place certainly is. Via which specific policies? Simply bemoaning "urban" people's "broken families" doesn't count, and they might start with their favorite President's marriages.
  - Akronymus 4y ago
    I find it sad that nowadays it seems that divorce is pushed for, rather than trying to reconcile/rebuild a healthy relationship. A LOT of problems are caused by a lack of at least one parent/parental role.
TrueGeek 4y ago
That stat is shared among parents so much. "840,000 missing a year" in a nation of 73 million children is interpreted as meaning in any given year you have a 1 in 87 chance of never seeing your child again at any given time. My brother won't return his shopping cart to the shopping cart return area because, in those 30 seconds where his back is turned, someone is likely to take his children. One parent told me they take it one step further and they won't use passenger door to put their children in the car. Instead, they reach through the car from the driver's door. This way they don't have to walk around the car which would allow someone to take their child. I've suggested just locking the children in the car but it seems like solving the wrong problem, really.
- rlt 4y ago
  > One parent told me they take it one step further and they won't use passenger door to put their children in the car. Instead, they reach through the car from the driver's door. This way they don't have to walk around the car which would allow someone to take their child. This is borderline mental illness.

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johnbellone 4y ago

I do not think that access to digital photos and measurements has been a limiting factor in finding abductees. In fact, with the ubiquity of cameras on nearly every device nowadays along with social media we routinely see amateurs dig up information faster than authorities are able to put it out officially.