False Alarms
Advocates for missing children are concerned that the public is becoming desensitized to AMBER Alerts because of a large number of false alarms — where police issue an AMBER Alert without strictly adhering to the U.S. Department of Justice's activation guidelines.
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—A. Holley, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Lily, p. 38 (May 1852)
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—David Hume (1711–1776)