[EAS] Cancelling Amber alerts

[Mike McCarthy]

In two words: More clutter.

Keep in mind the mission of the EAS:  It's a directed call to action alert
to save life and/or property.

It's not the bell at the end of the class period saying you can go home.
People are acustomed to simply letting things go by the wayside. "It's
over, done, move on." A post event EAS (except for the EAN) is simply
another wolf cry diluting the system's effectiveness for the next event
which they do need to act.

My $0.02 FWIW

MM

On Fri, October 16, 2015 11:47 am, Dave Turnmire wrote:
> Historically Idaho hasn't issued any type of "cancellation" message
> regarding Amber alerts.  I'm aware that some states do.  I would like a
> little feedback on what event code that you use and whether you always
> issue these, or only under some circumstances such as the alert being
> cancelled prior to the CAE expiring.  And, for that matter, if any of you
> have any specific reasons that you think such cancellation messages should