There's something wrong with this country

Android lets you turn off the notification

There's something wrong with this country.

also, what makes your sleep so special? because it's at night? what about the people who work evenings or nights? should the world quiet down for them too because they sleep during the day?

I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit.
To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either.

the level of alert that is sent out is "higher" priority and bypasses all those settings.

If it was my kid, I still would not expect every Ontario resident to wake up in the middle of the night to help.

the real kicker of the story is, the kid was in custody by 4am, and reports say the police spent over an hour negotiating with the father for the safe release.

damn, that's pretty shitty of you. don't forget to call 911 to complain. hope someone doesn't wake you up incase your house is on fire or something or God forbid something happened to a loved one. alot of people including OP rag on emergency services until they need them.

BTW i sleep during the day so please stfu and don't interrupt MY sleep.

There are a lot of considerations made before this "intrusive" Amber alert is sent out. For every Amber alert you receive, there are probably a thousand missing kid incidents that did not result in an Amber alert. Did you know that kids often go on vacation with the family without informing the school and generally the schools treat these cases as missing children which then require police to investigate, and they have to treat it as such until proven otherwise? How the fuck does the police find a kid that's gone to Cuba for the week with the entire family?

All you selfish fucks need to shut your damn phones off if you're so concerned about your beauty sleep.

And to answer the question "who kidnaps their biological kid?". Well, who does anything bad their biological kid? It's not common, but it happens. The fact that this ended in a negotiation obviously means there was a bit of push back from the parent. Get a clue and stop being so obtuse.

That said, I hope no one here ever has to deal with a second of thinking their kid has gone missing. It'll turn your life upside down.

...or you know you can just turn off your phone.

the level of alert that is sent out is "higher" priority and bypasses all those settings.

If it was my kid, I still would not expect every Ontario resident to wake up in the middle of the night to help.

the real kicker of the story is, the kid was in custody by 4am, and reports say the police spent over an hour negotiating with the father for the safe release.

if you complain about amber alerts i hope i never meet you

What about those people who have to keep their phone on, in case of family emergencies, or work emergencies? I have to be able to be reached in case there alarm goes off at my work.

lol ok whatever, its called having responsibilities, and where did I ever say that I prioritize it over human life?

what about doctors? they have work emergencies that are about saving lives when they are on call?

Some of you really need to stop being so ignorant about it. Admit it that the system is not perfect and CAN be improved. That is my point. Some of you really can't comprehend this for some reason. And personally, I don't blindly accept things for how it is when there is clearly room for improvement.

There's already been more than one case where the system has been misused due to the slow reaction. Why can't the person who hits the button to transmit do a last minute check on the situation?

Are we not allowed to look back and review and look for ways to improve the system to make it even more effective? Especially when we all know the technology is there? Someone at some point has technically put a price tag on saving lives.

Not one person has said the system is perfect.
Not one person has said the system has no room for improvement.

These are your own blanket assumptions about everyone that doesn't agree with you.

While the system is imperfect, we ALL have the ability to mute it by turning off our phones, which is within our means and control. That said, I am not interested in strawmen arguments or discussing the outliers of 1% of people who are on call and cannot turn of their phones.

For 99% of the population, the net/net impact of this imperfect system is far more positive than negative.

I sleep with my windows closed so I don't hear any outside noise. I do that on purpose. What makes my sleep so special to me is that it's mine. Just like yours is yours. If you want to wake up in the middle of the night be my guest. I don't and don't think I should have to for someone else's kid. Foh with that shit.
To be honest even if i got the alert and saw the kid I still probably wouldn't do anything. Said this before. You can't force someone to give a shit about what you care about and I don't expect that from anyone either.

If people o much about kids they don't know, go protest Trump taking kids away from their families at the border.
You may think I'm a shitty person and that's fine by me. I'm not here to please anyone. Alot of people need to get off of their high horse. Let's face it. You ain't doing shit about Amber alert. U went back to sleep.
I also don't care if people call 911 to complain. There's a reason people are doing. Fix the system or live with the consequences. FYI I haven't called 911 to complain. I sent an email to the crtc or whoever is in charge the first time shit shit happened

Why was there no Amber Alert for Ding Ding?

if this was my kid and you did nothing...but i found out about it...lol well then...

oh iPhone, just apply Do Not Disturb. Nothing gets through.

My wife’s phone is scheduled daily to go DND and the alert still comes through but quieter. My phone is always on silent via the switch and it didn’t come through. Why is there so much inconsistency?