Marc Klass: AMBER Alert Needs Overhaul

Marc Klaas speaks out about a broken Amber Alert system.

He makes several good points, however the system will only be as good as the people utilizing it.

I vote for less stringent rule-following and more common sense. It's ridiculous that law enforcement cannot issue an Amber Alert for a missing child unless a witness has physically seen the child being abducted. Cuz, ya know, those 3 year olds are just notorious for stealing cars and taking off.

It's a sad day when we have so many missing children that we have to start talking about how to "perfect" the system that warns us when a child is missing.


Here are Marc's thoughts:

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/investigations/russ-ptacek/2014/05/07/relisha-rudd-amber-alert/8826799/