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Has anyone ever done an analysis of how effective these systems are? I see the alerts all the time, but I'm curious how many times a rescue has been attributed to them.


Not very, but there's a few cases where it's worked. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/20/... is the classic article on it that always seems to get linked.


Not only does it put the public on a higher alert, but also law enforcement from neighboring jurisdictions, creating somewhat of an all-hands-on-deck situation.




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