More than 20,000 Ann Arbor, Michigan, residents received a telephone call around midnight alerting them that a man with Alzheimer's disease had wandered off.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brickbats

More than 20,000 Ann Arbor, Michigan, residents received a telephone call around midnight alerting them that a man with Alzheimer's disease had wandered off. The calls came from an automated system the city has adopted to alert citizens to emergencies. Officials...