Well they lost both engines. Hopefully that’s what they focus on in the investigation.

I can’t be certain by I’d wager that’s Hollywoodism seeping through. Either the podcast is wrong or the dispatch/officer on duty has it wrong. The first 48 hours are the most vital in finding a missing person, they would not want to waste half of that as procedure.

Edit: I don’t want you to just believe some rando online. Here’s some sources:

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/5-things-to-know-about-missing-persons-reports/

The federal law on missing persons: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:34 section:40501 edition:prelim)

Internationally (UK): https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/get-help/report-a-missing-person

This edit isn’t me trying to prove I’m right, more to just accurately educate. Hope the information is never needed!!

This is hilarious.

Name them, they need their SOP redone. I have never heard of this in real life and I would bet it’s a bad officer/dispatcher following Hollywood rules rather than their unit policy.

I mean it’s the best thing for police Hollywood has ever done. The inverse is wait 24 hours to file a missing person report.

I tried grabbing Qbit and all I could find was malware. I used to be so so good at navigating all this stuff and stopped to stream for a little. ☹️

Right, they interpret the Constitution. If their interpretation of Article 1 Section 4 says it’s up to the states then they have done their job and interpreted the constitution.

Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution explains that the States have the primary authority over election administration, the “times, places, and manner of holding elections”.

The US Constitution already says it’s the State’s authority. They don’t cede anything because they are just following what the Constitution says on this one specific issue.