I know many people that turned it off because the authorities abused the system too much.

Yes, I especially loved it months ago when I was getting Amber alerts for a child abduction that took place in San Antonio (I'm in Dallas). I was totally ready to jump out of bed at 3am and look for a silver Impala that couldn't have even gotten to my location for another 5 hours.

No. There's for some parental custody battle 200 miles away. I disabled mine because I can't afford to have an audible alarm go off randomly in my line of work.

Thinking of what jobs this would be a thing...all of them. Turn your damn ringers off at work people!!!

Even with ringer off, the ‘Amber Alerts” ring. I’ve had it ruin recording sessions.

Amber alerts are not really that frequent. Jane 2 cubicles over that has that cute ring tone, or Jim next to you with the clicks whose got text notifications turned to 11 are the problem.