Proposed legislation would give the OPP authority to issue emergency alerts for more missing persons.
Shortly before Christmas, an 80-year-old woman with dementia who wasn’t dressed properly for the weatherAnd while the police, members of the public, and the media did what they could to help find Shirley Love, there was no way of alerting the community directly to the disappearance of this highly vulnerable individual.
The concept is similar to an Amber Alert, which is issued when a child under the age of 17 is abducted and is facing an imminent risk of bodily harm or death, but is much wider in scope as it could be used when a child with autism, an adult with a disability, or a senior with Alzheimer’s goes missing from their home.
The Hamilton MPP said she appreciates that some people are fed up with receiving Amber Alert notifications on their phone and TV at all hours of the day and night, and many times from no where near their home, but said her system aims to be much more hyper-local.
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