News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amber Alert system offline due to funding.

Re:Amber Alert system offline due to funding by andrewfong on Sunday October 06, 2013 @11:33PM (#6506402)
Has anyone ever done an analysis of how effective these systems are? I see the alerts all the time, but I'm curious how many times a rescue has been attributed to them.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amber Alert system offline due to funding by plorkyeran on Sunday October 06, 2013 @11:40PM (#6506426)
Not very, but there's a few cases where it's worked. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/20/... is the classic article on it that always seems to get linked.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amber Alert system offline due to funding by telecuda on Monday October 07, 2013 @10:23AM (#6508418)
Not only does it put the public on a higher alert, but also law enforcement from neighboring jurisdictions, creating somewhat of an all-hands-on-deck situation.
[ Parent | on HN ]