Here are my thoughts, and I had a completely different reaction to this announcement:
I'm not surprised at all.
I'm sorry, I know many people here think there can't be "too many" searches, but we also know that searchers can have their own agendas, from popularity or notoriety, to sincerely wanting to break the case for Hailey's sake, to hatred of the people involved (whomever they are friends with at the moment), to fixation on a single theory of their own, to belief that they aren't going to find Hailey at all because she isn't there.
I've been worried for a long time that with all the people out beating the bushes and searching for things they "expect" to find, they will either destroy or overlook important evidence, especially during independent searches.
I wouldn't worry about someone calling the media as much as someone calling BD or SA first! :banghead: However, nothing would surprise me anymore!!!
There's a reason in the Kyron Horman case that LE waits until they can get a bunch of certified people together before they go out. Searching isn't a good thing if it's done without protocol for the evidence they might find, and if people don't know how to leave evidence alone and call 911 first.
Also, if people aren't marking on maps where they've searched before, or people are ignoring things that don't fit a particular theory, it's not helpful to LE either.
And if they are searching private property without permission, that's just wrong. But if someone is really stupid enough to do it, then LE is saying there's going to be consequences.
I wish they had made this type of announcement a couple of months ago.
I guess they didn't feel that adults needed to be told how to act, but good old human nature makes people do really stupid things sometimes.