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zbdent

(35,392 posts) Sat Apr 6, 2013, 07:40 PM Apr 2013

Just got an emergency alert on the "Sports Time Ohio" channel - child abduction, no details

So, apparently, any adult seen in the State of Ohio with any child must be a suspect ...

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Just got an emergency alert on the "Sports Time Ohio" channel - child abduction, no details (Original Post) zbdent Apr 2013 OP

What was the description given. The Alert must have said something. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #1

Nope. zbdent Apr 2013 #2

Well! That sucks! Bet the Police Dept phones are ringing off the hook! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #3

Yeah, got an Amber Alert for Florida yesterday on the TV csziggy Apr 2013 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. What was the description given. The Alert must have said something.

Reply to zbdent (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 08:22 PM

Apr 2013

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

2. Nope.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 08:23 PM

Apr 2013

"County of alert" (essentially): State of Ohio.

Haven't seen it since.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Well! That sucks! Bet the Police Dept phones are ringing off the hook!

Reply to zbdent (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 08:26 PM

Apr 2013

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

4. Yeah, got an Amber Alert for Florida yesterday on the TV

Reply to zbdent (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2013, 08:37 PM

Apr 2013

Some message about "child endangerment" with no location, no specifics.

It took me about forty minutes of hunting on the internet to find the report. The national Amber Alert website does NOT pick up the reports from the state systems, at least not from Florida's system. And Florida doesn't put their own alerts on their front page.

It's insane and makes the system worse than useless. I'm not going to take that much time again to look up the report. The Amber Alert site should have the state reports automatically linked and put on the front page. Or the alerts should put the web link for where to find the info in their message.

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