▲ 888 ▼ Me_irl (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/me_irl@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 20 points 2 months ago* (2 children) Me: gets amber alert on phone Me: looks around for the victim or suspect; sees nothing Me: "Well, I've done all I can." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago That's all you're really expected to do, be a momentary observer along with thousands of others all over the place. We don't have, and don't want, enough cops to look everywhere. But if by chance that license plate is right in front of you in traffic, or that man and toddler who just did a complete change of clothes in the bathroom (not suspicious behavior in itself) were originally wearing clothes that matched the description, you can call the number on your phone. Normal custody battles don't get elevated to an Amber alert. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago Jerry: The whole concept of the wanted poster has gotta be the most wildly optimistic crime-fighting idea. I mean, so how does it work? Okay. I'm on line at the post office. I see the guy. I see the list of offenses. I check the guy standing in line behind me. If it's not him, that's pretty much all I can do. Okay? It's not that I don't want to help. You know the annoying thing is, why didn't they hold on to this guy when they're taking his picture? "No, we don't do it that way. We take their picture and we let them go. That's how we get the front and side shot. The front is his face. The side is him leaving." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago That's all you're really expected to do, be a momentary observer along with thousands of others all over the place. We don't have, and don't want, enough cops to look everywhere. But if by chance that license plate is right in front of you in traffic, or that man and toddler who just did a complete change of clothes in the bathroom (not suspicious behavior in itself) were originally wearing clothes that matched the description, you can call the number on your phone. Normal custody battles don't get elevated to an Amber alert. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago Jerry: The whole concept of the wanted poster has gotta be the most wildly optimistic crime-fighting idea. I mean, so how does it work? Okay. I'm on line at the post office. I see the guy. I see the list of offenses. I check the guy standing in line behind me. If it's not him, that's pretty much all I can do. Okay? It's not that I don't want to help. You know the annoying thing is, why didn't they hold on to this guy when they're taking his picture? "No, we don't do it that way. We take their picture and we let them go. That's how we get the front and side shot. The front is his face. The side is him leaving." permalink fedilink source parent