Amber Alerts?? What's the point?

The point is to get the information to as many people as possible as fast as possible. The faster people know about the situation, the better chance of getting the kidnapper before he harms the child. Sure, they can be annoying at times. But, if it were my daughter, I know I would be glad for a system like that.

The whole point in telling the people at home is that IF they happen to go out and in the area where the child may be they can keep there eyes open. If it were your child out there missing you would want every single person possible ti keep there eyes open for any kind of info they can give. It could be that the person at home may know something about the car that was seen because it is a neighbor of theres and can call it in and they can have a better chance of finding the child before any thing happens. We all pay for our cable. You are not the only person paying for it. I dont have a problem with seeing the amber alerts on my screen. I know that from those amber alerts a child will be found and brought home safely. That is all that matters. Bringing the child home unharmed. If all you care about is your stupid cableshows then you are a superficial person who dosnt care about anyone else but your self. I hope you NEVER have to use the Amber Alert. Cause if you I dont think you will ever complain again.

I think they are very important. The Amber alerts need ot be braodcasted on TV, radio and on the Freeway/Highway signs. This gets the info out there and gets as many people as possible to start paying attention to the people around them. Thankfully there has never been an Amber Alert in my area, but I know whenthey happen other places CNN and other news channels keep the info on the screen while they do other reports. Our local news and radio will also announce it even if the original kidnapping happened in another state. You never know where a kidnapper could take a kid.

I guess it's important because you might turn off the TV, get in the car and drive somewhere. OR maybe you just got home, turned on the TV and saw the amber alert. You could have just been on the same road as the person. I also thinks it helps the parents of the missing children. It gives them a sense that something is being done. Of course, I do get tired of seeing the amber alerts for the teenage girls that have runaway with their older boyfriends. I don't really consider those abductions.

If your child was missing, I'm sure you would feel different. The point of an Amber Alert is to let people know that there is a missing child. It might not affect you and it might be far away, but it will be getting the attention of a lot of people who ARE close by and willing to keep an eye out or report anything that they have seen. I'm sorry, but a missing child is more important that missing a few minutes of a television show.

Well actually what if you were just leaving and at the last minute you heard that and as you were on the road oh look there is the car!!! you would be a hero! I does help!

It doesn't sound like you get upset about anything but Desperate Housewives getting interrupted, but I will say this, when someone goes missing in Houston, we know in Dallas because they may be headed here. What if you know that person that kidnapped a child 500 miles away and you recognize the description of the perp?

The purpose of the Amber Alert is to reach the millions of drivers on the interstates.

True that the child may have gone missing 500 miles away, but how fast could they be taken to your neighborhood. I'm sure glad you aren't my father and I also hope your child never goes missing. It's easy to say when your little one is always in someone's care, but the time will come and if it ever happens to you I guarantee you'll be the first one yelling for an Amber alert. I think they are the greatest thing in the fight to find missing children. If you're more worried about your stupid TV shows than someone's missing child, perhaps you shouldn't be a parent!

I agree that if you are 500 miles away that there is nothing you can do. But, what if the kidnaper was driving trying to get as far away from town as possiable. And you saw the amber alert the night before, then were on your way to work the next day and they had made it to your town, then you would know who and what to look for. Was it a waste of time that you had seen it the night before when there was nothing you could do?

i posted a comment on an earlier response that pretty much sums up how i feel, id like to add that at the very least people who didnt know about amber alerts before and how important they can be will get a lot of information from the people responding to the ignorance of the original discussion question.

I think the AMber ALert should be broadcast immediately. They alert should interrupt primetime tv. Which is more important, you watching your latest episode of whatever is on that night, or trying to protect a child.

What if you were sitting in a truck stop somewhere and saw an amber alert put out on the child sitting next to you? That could save that child's life. TV's are in a lot of public places. Think about it.