So, 10h ago in Toronto, an amber alert was heard from everyone's phones about a girl being abducted by her father. That's a very loud sound to hear in the middle of the night, and it would definitely wake up everyone in the area who hears it. Luckily, thanks to the amber alert, it was easy for the police to find the suspect and his vehicle (but the girl is dead :()!
But the surprising thing is the amount of people that complained from the noise.
People being extremely apathetic that a call of help is an annoyance to them. I personally don't think it's justified, but with around 300+ calls to complain, I could be wrong.
Are amber alerts really that annoying for people to call 911 just to complain about them? If you were one of the annoyed ones, what would you suggest?
Sources -
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/02/15/ontario-amber-alert-complaints_a_23670568/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/14/abducted-11-year-old-girl-found-dead-father-arrested/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/15/9-1-1-calls-amber-alert-complaints/
Amber Alerts, which go to cellphones as well as to media broadcasts, are issued when officials believe a missing child is in serious danger and they have sufficient information to launch a public search.
But the surprising thing is the amount of people that complained from the noise.
Peel police won't release exact numbers of how many people phoned to complain but said that since 6:30 a.m. Friday there have been well over 30 calls. Some of those calls are complaints about being woken up while others are upset the emergency alert was able to bypass the do not disturb setting on their phone and some are angry that they have not stopped receiving the alert to their phone.
Police said that from the time of the alert on Thursday night until 9 a.m. on Friday, 383 calls were made to 9-1-1, with a large influx of 124 calls within the first hour of the alert.
Both York regional police and Toronto police reported people calling 9-1-1 to complain, even on Friday.
People being extremely apathetic that a call of help is an annoyance to them. I personally don't think it's justified, but with around 300+ calls to complain, I could be wrong.
Are amber alerts really that annoying for people to call 911 just to complain about them? If you were one of the annoyed ones, what would you suggest?
Sources -
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/02/15/ontario-amber-alert-complaints_a_23670568/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/14/abducted-11-year-old-girl-found-dead-father-arrested/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/02/15/9-1-1-calls-amber-alert-complaints/
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