I think it's horrible one of the criteria for amber alerts is THE AUTHORITIES must assume they are missing and didn't run away... If they decide your child, especially a problem child, is a runaway you don't get much help.

Runaway or not, it's dangerous on the streets for average people, let alone children. They shouldn't be practically ignored.

When I asked how we counted as regional, I was serious. I would like to see a map they use for the regional alerts if the Texas wide ones have a specific time and this was outside of it. Though I can see how regional alerts can get messy. Personally I think the best option would have been to have these the same level as Amber or Silver. Not extreme.

Lol, they can gerrymander but not divide by regions for safety alerts. Of course. Makes sense. /S

Lol, Blue top, blue bottom and on foot but a danger to half of Texas. So must be Sonic

I feel like most people have that one person that was the harbinger of chaos that they absolutely didn't expect from school.

Amber alert started 3 years before I was born. No I don't know the story. Never cared to look where the name came from just like many things that are named after people. I do know the requirements. And like I said... If they deem the child ran away, they do not use an amber alert. It's literally one of the requirements for it. Which is what I take issue with. Parents have to hope law enforcement believes the child didn't run away or they do not get the same courtesy as other parents do for their missing child. Ran away or not, a missing child is a missing child. A child that ran away can still be kidnapped later.

The original alert I got didn't even have a description. Just his name. Like I've as meant to know who that was. Others seem to have gotten different ones later in the day but I cut it off after the first so I wouldn't know.

How are we supposed to help our neighbors when we are that far away? It's not the same as hearing Gertrude in the upstairs apt fall down and calling the ambulance because you're worried. How are we meant to look out for someone hundreds of miles from us?

They were serving an arrest warrant for a burglary according to articles... How he got away I have no clue but now he's wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer...

Side note, he still hasn't been caught and there is a 5k reward for information by FBI. He's also made Texas top fugitive list.

Cool thanks! Thought why not post since the only posts seemed to be about the alert and not any other information provided outside of the alert including why in the hell we got it. You can always scroll if you don't care to know.

... That's why people have the EXTREME threat on. Those are for your general area. People are complaining because normally what constitutes extreme is very high winds. Large hail sizes. Tornados. Flooding. IN YOUR AREA. Not a blue alert a half days trip away. Now many have to find other options to get the actual needed alerts while avoiding these useless ones. Most who complained already had majority turned off because they aren't relevant. An amber alert in San Antonio does nothing but tell me another child is suffering. So it was cut off.

They're also complaining because those alerts are low priority while this is apparently big. If it bothers you so much, scroll away and go about your day. Others actually care about these things.

Because people reasonably don't think this belongs in the extreme category or that it needs to be broadcast to such a large area immediately. Now that he's been out for a day, expand the warning. But shortly after it happened. Not needed. People who leave them on for many reasons aren't interested in these.

Abbot has raised his award to 10k... Which is higher than others on the fugitive list that have actually killed someone... And with crimes that are more dangerous to the public

I keep thinking about when someone broke into my grandmas house and wrecked the place, someone didn't come for 16 hours to make a report or anything. Sometimes they seem quick, sometimes they really do a crappy job.

Crazy how many people don't know how to keep scrolling when they don't care about something. There is also the option to block or log off. Others would like more information. You don't have to read everything that comes up.

I had mine set for extreme alerts which for some reason they think blue alerts count as when they aren't nearby (nevermind the many shootings in my area over time including against officers). Now it's just cut off and I've switched to red cross.

I had mine set for extreme for safety but some have suggested specific weather apps for that so I cut it off and did that. Still wondered what the point was and how it equaled an extreme threat.

Worst part about it. She did a brief check when she got home. Called the police. Got tired and fell asleep... Only for me to come home and notice things that she says was not that way when she first checked including my closet door open and a few things missing... So the person was still in the house when she got home and fell asleep... As far as I know, they never found the person. We don't even live far from a station. About 4 miles. It was frustrating. Meanwhile a cousin prank called 911 as a kid from our house and they got there 10 mins after... No threat of danger or anything. They did the stupid fridge running prank.

I did... Like many others... I've just downloaded red cross to give me the alerts I need for the weather. Doesn't change the system needs fixing.

Which article? That one posted shortly after the alert and then updated about 5 hours after only listed him as shooting the officer and the officer being stable. Not critical. There are other articles though. And either way. Doesn't change they don't send out alerts everytime someone dangerous is out in the wild. It seems disingenuous to do so when an officer is injured. ESPECIALLY when they don't even follow their own requirements.

I still think they could have handled it all better. Even following the time rule of 6-11 would have bothered less people.

You still ain't said how we are meant to be on the look out for someone hundreds of miles from us? You got a massive telescope or something?

LMAO. Why did you delete that other comment with atrocious grammar. It's okay. I still got it and saved it.

You think that makes you mad. Look at the top fugitive list of Texas. His bounty reward is the highest... A few thousand more than people who've actually killed and attack the public and not an officer coming at them. It's like 4k more than someone on there for aggravated SA of a child.

Yea it says that on the article I listed. Along with the timeframe the blue alert can be used and a note that regional times may be different. I was asking what article did you read that had him listed as critical or his injuries. That one just says he was stable.

I firmly believe they put cop lives over others though. And thats why they have the blue alerts and everything as Extreme. Especially when looking at the top fugitive list and him having the highest reward... When others on that list seem more of a danger to the public...

Well it came under the extreme alerts. You know. Like when a tornado is in your area and can kill you and your entire family and make off with your car. Not the normal alerts most have turned off anyway because they like this one, wasn't relevant to the area. Now many have turned them off and switched to weather apps.

I'm trying to figure out how they went to arrest him for burglary and didn't consider he wouldn't want to go peacefully? How did he injure the chief and then escape...

I grew up here too! Around spruce. I don't let people like that phase me. If they were really bothered they could just scroll, block, or log off. Easier than typing a bunch of words. They can have the day they deserve.

... LMAO. I feel less bad about the guy getting injured. I can't believe bro called him a schmuck.

Shortly after I graduated, one of my underclassmen was arrested for killing 5 people... Dude couldn't even win a fight against a middle schooler. What happened...

I looked but it wasn't an option. Only thing I could do was cut off extreme alerts and at that point that would have been everything cut off for me since the others were already off for years. This is actually the first time I got a blue alert. Which is crazy given I KNOW there have been reasons for blue alerts much closer than Memphis Texas.

I did. I downloaded the red cross app for alerts. If they want to put blue alert under extreme threat when it's hundreds of miles from me, then I'll rely on something else for my safety warnings

So I've seen. Don't think he should die or suffer. But I firmly believe some people have never gotten socked for being boggarts before and it shows. Really teaches humility sometimes. This likely won't. Though now I'm wondering if they and the department has seen all the chaos and hatred caused from the alert and what they think about...

Lol. I saw that. The alert really brought the state together in hating whoever pushed that damn button. People weren't even mad at the criminal. Especially after learning the incident happened the night before so they had options instead of sending the message at buttfuck in the morning

See if it was more proximity based or placed as a lower level then I think most wouldn't have had an issue. Lower level, those that deem it not important wouldn't have got it like amber alerts and things because the distance is rarely relevant. Proximity, even if it's of lower importance, there's a much higher chance of being relevant to the people needing to know. But it was neither lower importance or proximity based. Which pissed off a lot of people.

I want to see where he ends up being found? How far from the place he started.

Exactly

There are other articles too with more info. This is just the one that Google thought I needed to see in my suggestions lol. But none have him as found. Even more recent ones. Could have changed. So far all I've seen is the FBI is involved, offering a reward (which 5k for info seems so little for someone in Texas most wanted)

Police chief. Big shot officer. Shot. Big boo boo. Does not change MANY of this same situation happens to normal civilians and no alert is put out. It happens to everyday officers and no alert is put out majority of the time. And certainly not to the entire state that most definitely doesn't need to be on the look out at 5 am for someone originally on foot. Now that it's been days, send an alert if you want during the day time because he could be much further from that location. The actual hours they were meant to of course. Not that early. You don't close down Townview magnet because of a potential threat at North Mesquite High School... You don't tell Dallas to be on the look out for someone definitely not in Dallas. It's a waste of resources and proven to be detrimental to encouraging the population to use safety alerts.

Mine didn't give me the choice for government alerts specifically. Just tiers. So I had extreme turned on because that's what woke me up earlier this year when a tornado was close by. And they put the blue alert under extreme unlike the silver and amber. But now I will rely on red cross and my normal weather app lol. The whole thing is shut off.

I would rather come across him than literally almost anyone else on that list. Better chance with him since I'm not an officer or trying to take him to jail. Most everyone else could care less if I'm not a threat or something.

Did you read what I said? He has a higher reward than those that actually HAVE killed someone. Not just injured. And HAVE attacked strangers doing nothing to them, including children. Not a peace officer telling them they're going to jail. He wasn't even being arrested for armed burglary like some of the others in the list. He was a plain thief. I would like to think those with actual deaths and violence against the public would be more of a risk than the one who attacked someone saying he was about to go away.

My great grandmother uses it to contact me if she needs help or has an emergency cause I don't always hear her down in her room and wake up so I leave it on. Ringer and all. Plus my little sister works closing and likes having her Life360 on since she doesn't drive. Otherwise I wouldn't even bother with airplane mode. I'd power it down 🤣 especially when it's not tornado season.

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Articles since then have said that the chief has already been sent home, the DPS did technically break their own protocol with the time, and that the FCC has received thousands of complaints. Oh, and the government would like to ask people to not cut the alerts off because of this as a matter of safety. They are aware excessive amounts of people have done that and even linked a post from this subreddit on one of the articles on a news channel.

LMAO! The opps are looking for you. They're some down that way!

I wonder if they consider this isn't just a warning to the public to but to him and anyone willing to help him that he's being hunted. And given they "don't want the public to help" ... Why tell us. To let us know another dude is desperately running from the cops? Happens daily.

Or those in office can listen to the public when they say something doesn't work and seek to fix it as they are supposed to because surprise surprise it's their job. Or a much simpler method... Follow their own guidelines... Most are inconvenienced when someone who is trained at their job, screws that job up and others have to deal with the fall out.