Anyone else got a call from Scottsdale Police Dept.?
 

Yesterday at 4:30am I got a call from the Scottsdale PD asking us to check to make sure that all the kids are home (don't have kids) as they found a little boy nearby. It was an automated system that called some 10,000 residents in the area (caller ID showed "emergency message", freaked me out in the beginning), all at the same time. Nice going, I hope the kid was returned to his home safely. :thumbsup

I got home ok but thanks for the concern...had a few too many sunkist :upsidedow

that's crazy

That's actually an interesting way to handle a missing kid.

damn that would be impossible in l.a. theres gotta be at least 2 million numbers in l.a. not to mention the people who have no home number and just have cells. thats a great idea though.

automated... :2 cents:

Its part of the new amber alert thing

Very nice i hope they found his home

It sounds like a good idea..

Interesting.

Out of curiosity I called them later to ask what's up with that.. They wouldn't tell me anything about the kid and the circumstances (not even if they found his home already), but they did say that they called about 10,000 people in the area between 4am to 5am. All calls originated from Denver, CO (some emergency control center that provides the system to them).

They didn't call me

Oh well, they only called 5% of the people in Scottsdale :winkwink:

Great Idea!