I went to the police one time, in England that is, to raise an Amber Alert. The woman at the desk didn't even know what an Amber Alert is. I called bullshit on that, I also called bullshit on her telling me that no child had gone missing at all. We should probably rename it anyway, to Red Alert.
True, but I'd still expect that the police know what one is. Above all, I'd expect them to respond accordingly if concerns are raised that a child may be missing, yet they didn't even log it. This was just before schools closed for half-term and in that week there were virtually no children about - parents kept them home because something had happened, people were saying "imagine if it were your child", and there was a sombre atmosphere in the town during that week, but there was no search. The first thing I knew about it, and pretty much the only time anybody even said anything at all, was when two 16-year-olds were shouting on a megaphone that a child had gone missing (one of them looked like he'd been in a fight, no cuts but a few scuff marks on his face and some rips in his clothes), outside the local Labour (political party) office of all places, but nobody cared, everybody walked on by. The worst thing for me is that I know whose child it was and I know what became of her, but again nobody cares.
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Vigilia_Procuratio ago
I went to the police one time, in England that is, to raise an Amber Alert. The woman at the desk didn't even know what an Amber Alert is. I called bullshit on that, I also called bullshit on her telling me that no child had gone missing at all. We should probably rename it anyway, to Red Alert.
DerivaUK ago
There is no amber alert in the UK. Nothing like it either.
Vigilia_Procuratio ago
True, but I'd still expect that the police know what one is. Above all, I'd expect them to respond accordingly if concerns are raised that a child may be missing, yet they didn't even log it. This was just before schools closed for half-term and in that week there were virtually no children about - parents kept them home because something had happened, people were saying "imagine if it were your child", and there was a sombre atmosphere in the town during that week, but there was no search. The first thing I knew about it, and pretty much the only time anybody even said anything at all, was when two 16-year-olds were shouting on a megaphone that a child had gone missing (one of them looked like he'd been in a fight, no cuts but a few scuff marks on his face and some rips in his clothes), outside the local Labour (political party) office of all places, but nobody cared, everybody walked on by. The worst thing for me is that I know whose child it was and I know what became of her, but again nobody cares.