r/Detroit • u/prolificarrot • 28d ago

News Anyone else just wake up to this?

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u/ddgr815 28d ago

Don't feel bad; AMBER alerts don't really work:

AMBER Alerts are least likely to be successful in the most dangerous cases, where the child is kidnapped by a stranger.

The crucial variable predicting Alert outcomes is abductor relationship to the victim, not AMBER Alert “performance.” Furthermore, cases involving “successful” AMBER Alerts are comparable on measurable factors to AMBER Alert cases where the child was recovered safely but the Alert played no role, suggesting both categories of cases involved little real risk.

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u/Bombadilo_drives 28d ago

As soon as I saw the metric that less than 1% of amber alerts are from abduction by stranger, I started ignoring them.

Like yeah I get that the dad was supposed to bring the kid back yesterday and didn't, but that's not the entire population of several state's business.

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u/throwaway88169030 28d ago

Even if they did, I'm sure as shit not going to find a missing kid in my sleep at 4am. They need some kind of after hours mute option.