A Child's Disappearance Exposes the Limits of Emergency Alerts The disappearance of 11 year old Parker in Calgary has sparked a heated debate about the effectiveness of emergency alerts.
Premier Danielle Smith has promised to give law enforcement more flexibility in issuing alerts for missing vulnerable children, but this raises questions about what such alerts can and cannot do.
The current system failed Parker and his family. An Amber Alert was not issued until July 18, after public and media pressure, despite Parker being last seen over a week ago.