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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The entire point of an Amber Alert is to make the public aware of an issue and to have them on the lookout as they go through their daily routine. The fact that nobody is going to "form some posse", is the entire reason why the alarm serves no purpose but to irritate the public when chimed overnight. Like I said, sleeping people won't be on the lookout. But they can read the message waiting for them in the morning.
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It’s also to provide information of what happened before.
In the common parent kidnapping case the parent won’t know the child is missing until they aren’t returned. So where the child was 6 hrs before could provide relavemt clues.
The goal of this program is to find 1 or 2 tips by disturbing millions of people awake or not. Until we have actual data on where effective tips are coming from making a blanket statement that a 10 year old or an elderly person, or someone sleeping will not have that piece of info is irresponsible. What are the odds of me having any info on any Amber Alert whether away or sleeping? The answer is near zero regardless.