Petition Calling for Fines for Amber Alert Complainers Gathers 78,000 Signatures

Amber Alerts on mobile devices, officially introduced nationwide in Canada in 2018, have been the subject of a flood of complaints. Tony Webster/Flickr

A online petition launched by a Toronto woman calling for fines for people who call 911 to complain about Amber Alerts has gathered a total of more than 78,000 signatures.

Dalia Monacelli, the petition’s creator, says she had the idea after becoming annoyed by how many times the Toronto Police’s Twitter account was forced to tweet reminders to not call 911 about Amber Alerts.