Canada - Ontario viewers peeved after Amber Alert interrupts Sunday night TV-watching

los2188

North Carolina Tar Heels..your NCCA Champs!!
Joined
May 21, 2012
Messages
15,534
Reaction score
70,932
  • #1
'We won't apologize for using all of the tools available to us to find a missing child'
amber-alert-ontario.JPG


Some Ontarians were a little peeved after an Amber Alert interrupted their Sunday night TV but the Ontario Provincial Police say: too bad.

The OPP used the enhanced Amber Alert program for the first time Sunday night, which alerted TV viewers to a missing boy through a red pop-up on the screen. There was also a sharp, repeated alarm sound that interrupted the audio of the TV programs. The alert also broadcast over radio.

At the time, police were trying to locate a young boy. Callers had reported he had been physically taken and forced into a minivan in Orillia, Ont. In the end, it turned out the boy was picked up by his parents after they said he had run away from home
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 
  • #2

Guardians Monthly Goal

Members online

Online statistics

Members online
152
Guests online
1,451
Total visitors
1,603

Forum statistics

Threads
635,419
Messages
18,676,045
Members
243,219
Latest member
Watson8715
Back
Top