{"id":16547,"date":"2022-08-02T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16547"},"modified":"2022-08-02T20:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T00:00:40","slug":"public-safety-is-leaving-the-public-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16547","title":{"rendered":"Public Safety is leaving the public unsafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alertready.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802-127x150.jpg 127w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Amber-Alert-20220802.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a>Enough is enough. Once again, we experienced another case of Canadian police forces&#8217; use of the national public alert system.<\/p>\n<p>At 5:58pm Tuesday evening, I received another useless Amber Alert on my phone.<\/p>\n<p>As described by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alertready.ca\/roles-responsibilities\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the AlertReady website<\/a>, some government issuer (in this instance, the Ontario Provincial Police), crafted a message to tell the public that an 11-year old girl was last seen in Stratford and we are to dial 911 or go to <a href=\"https:\/\/amberalert.opp.ca\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">amberalert.opp.ca<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>More than 6 hours earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPSmediaoffice\/status\/1554489952511074304\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stratford Police tweeted<\/a> far more descriptive information: &#8220;last seen around the Rotary Complex. 5&#8242; tall, thin build, black top with Jurassic Park logo, black shorts, black shoes, glasses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stratford Police are asking for help locating 11 year old Emily LERCH. Emily has been missing since this morning last seen around the Rotary Complex.<br \/>5&#39; tall, thin build, black top with Jurassic Park logo, black shorts, black shoes, glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Call 911 if seen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SST9UulfKs\">pic.twitter.com\/SST9UulfKs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stratford Police Service (@SPSmediaoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPSmediaoffice\/status\/1554489952511074304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Why did the Amber Alert message contain so little descriptive information, when clearly, so much more useful information was available?<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPSmediaoffice\/status\/1554594624718741509\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stratford Police issued a tweet at 6:26 pm<\/a> identifying that the girl had been found, safe, apparently in York Region, around 100 miles away. <\/p>\n<p>That explains why the OPP website from the Amber Alert was displaying a banner with &#8220;NO ACTIVE ALERTS&#8221; when I visited the site around 7:00pm. As I write this, the OPP has not yet cancelled the Amber Alert.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alertready.ca\/roles-responsibilities\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clear responsibilities<\/a> for the issuer of a public alert:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Specifies the type of alert [e.g. amber alert, tornado, etc.] as well as whether it is to be broadcast immediately because of imminent threat to life.<\/li>\n<li>Chooses the content of the message, including which language(s) the message will be issued in.<\/li>\n<li>Chooses the format of the message, including whether the message will be sent as text only, audio only or in both text and audio formats.<\/li>\n<li>Specifies why and when the alert is sent.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures that the alert is updated and\/or cancelled.<\/li>\n<li>Specifies the geographical areas covered by the alert.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That York Regional Police were involved in the rescue demonstrates the value of casting a wide net for the geographical coverage of the alert, but we should not accept the lengthy delay between the local police force&#8217;s appeal to the public over social media and the OPP issuing an official alert. Above all, the lack of useful descriptive information in the Amber Alert is inexcusable.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Goldberg\/status\/1096415718206144512\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than 3 years<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=12545\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I have been calling<\/a> for &#8220;formal process to review each use of the National Public Alert System, to help develop best practices&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AlertReady system is a powerful tool in the hands of Canada&#8217;s public safety officials. As <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=12545\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I have written before<\/a>, I don\u2019t question that the system was deployed in this instance. Shouldn\u2019t we continually be examining how the system was deployed, to ensure that it will always be used in the best possible manner? <\/p>\n<p>In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16114\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I described a review of the US system being undertaken by the FCC<\/a>. I would prefer to see leadership of such a review by Public Safety officials, but it is clear that multiple agencies and multiple levels of government should take interest. <\/p>\n<p>As I have said repeatedly, shouldn\u2019t we continually be examining how the NPAS system is being deployed, to ensure that it will always be used in the best possible manner?<\/p>\n<p>With continued failures in the way imminent threats are being communicated to the public, the safety of Canadians is being threatened. <\/p>\n<p>Ottawa needs to take action to improve the way alerts are being transmitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enough is enough. Once again, we experienced another case of Canadian police forces&#8217; use of the national public alert system. At 5:58pm Tuesday evening, I received another useless Amber Alert on my phone. As described by the AlertReady website, some government issuer (in this instance, the Ontario Provincial Police), crafted a message to tell the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16547\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Public Safety is leaving the public unsafe<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Public Safety is leaving the public unsafe &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enough is enough. 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