An Amber Alert issued in Ontario just after Midnight on Wednesday has now been called off after its subject, a three-year-old girl from Barrie, was found safe and sound in Toronto.

"Barrie Police is pleased to advise that 3-year old Arabella Vienneau has been located in good health in Toronto by the Toronto Police and arrangements are now underway to return her to Barrie," announced the Barrie Police Service at 8:35 a.m. this morning.

"Thank you to the public and the media for all your assistance."

News of the child's recovery has been widely welcomed, for obvious reasons, but not everyone in Ontario was thrilled about an alert being issued in the first place.

Glad they found that little girl safe and sound but don’t ever send me an amber alert at those ungodly hours again.

— Dame (@BigMonLike) February 9, 2022

Amber Alerts have been a touchy subject locally since the CRTC's "Alert Ready" system came to all mobile phones in 2018, largely on account of their terrifying "air raid siren" noise.

Many in Toronto have taken up issue with Amber Alerts specifically for going off at all hours of the night, in areas far from abduction sites, at a very loud volume and without enough information for anyone to actually help.

Ok, can you at least give us a description so we know what she looks like? What’s the point of the alert if you’re going to be noisy but vague? #ontarioprovincialpolice #AMberAlert pic.twitter.com/zdnyBckdpr

— Mo Li Hua 茉莉花 (@mol_I_hua) February 9, 2022

In fact, when mobile alerts were first mandated, people were so angry that they actually called 911 to complain about Amber Alerts being scary and even interrupting their TV programs.

This doesn't appear to be happening as much now as it did back in 2019, but you can always count on at least a few people popping off on Twitter when Amber Alert blares in Toronto. 

If I don’t believe in having children I shouldn’t be subjected to a screeching amber alert at midnight while my phones on silent and I’m sleeping. There should be a way to opt out. As if we need one more thing to ruin sleep or induce anxiety.

— Melanie Ⓜ (@melanies_eating) February 9, 2022

You can count on even more people preemptively scolding anyone who might call 911 or complain at all about being woken by an alert.

For anyone who had a problem with last nights #AmberAlert here's a link that will help you block it. https://t.co/UBBT7q30ct

— Simard (@Simardtweets1) February 9, 2022

"You know what sucks? Being woken up in the middle of the night for an amber alert. But it doesn't suck because I was woken up. It sucks because there's a fucking three year old that went missing," wrote one Twitter user.

"I will NEVER complain about an amber alert and if you do, you're trash."

Friendly reminder if you complain about an Amber Alert, you’re a piece of shit. I hope to god you never have to go through what parents go through during amber alerts. Fuck your sleep.

— 🇨🇦 Dylan (Dillo) Smith 🇨🇦 (@DilloooRoss) February 9, 2022

"That amber alert in the middle of the night was loud, disruptive and scared the ish out of me in the middle of the night. And if it helps to locate the missing child, do it again next time. And the next, next and the time after that," wrote another.

Any asshole that whines about the amber alert from last night. Quite bitching and change your fucking settings. Stop saying it scared you, or the gov has to change the sound. Change the setting in your fucking phone https://t.co/TqCqeV3q5T

— Sinister Ginger (@softhaggis) February 9, 2022

"If you call the police over an Amber alert because it woke you up just to complain I'll come to your house with a Mariachi band at 2:00 am.," joked another Twitter user.

Another vowed to "do something that'll end up on the national news" if they hear of anyone calling 911 to complain about the alert.

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GODDAMN AMBER ALERT.
we GET IT.
you’re a pretentious bitch who only cares for themselves and not the safety of a missing child. keep it to yourself and disable the goddamn notifications if you’re so butthurt.

— jia 🐾 (@newr0mantiics_) February 9, 2022

There seem to be far more comments from people complaining about those who might complain about an Amber Alert than there are actual complaints.

I want to see NO complaints about the Amber Alert from ANYONE…but ESPECIALLY no one who has had ANYTHING to do with the honking at all hours of the night in Ottawa over the past week.

— Kaitlyn Jonescu (@KaitlynJonescu) February 9, 2022

Like... a lot more.

fuck all the people complaining about their sleep when a literal child is missing. A child’s safety is much more important than your sleep.

amber alert #amberalert #ontario

— sarah♥︎ (@sarahxaiton) February 9, 2022

Perhaps fearing this kind of backlash, many people who did comment on being woken up by the alert were careful to preface their statements with caveats about how they are pro-Amber Alert.

"I'll never complain about our province's amber alert system we get on our phone because it's important but boy does that sound fucking scare the shit out of me in the middle of the night," wrote one. "Sounds like an air raid lmao."

I think that amber alerts are really important but i also feel like they need to change the sound of them and seperate it from other alert noises (like natural disaster alerts) because since a lot of people ignore amber alerts its possible if there was a natural disaster alert -

— ghost / toby (@Ghostiefairy_) February 9, 2022

"Let me start by reiterating that I'm not complaining about the amber alert last night. I'm all for them," wrote another. 

"But when I'm in a dead sleep and wake up to that sound let me tell you, I was so so confused and was wondering what the hell was happening. Kinda scary."

Amber Alerts are important,but waking people up in middle of night to deliver message doesn't accomplish much.

Why can't these late night Amber Alerts be targeted at cellphones using cell towers (as opposed to wifi) for data transfer?

Cell tower=person awake

Wifi=person asleep pic.twitter.com/34ALw6JkTn

— सबका विकास घर वाप्सी के साथ!! (@skommana1) February 9, 2022

It seems as though more people are now taking up issue with how the alert system is designed than its actual existence or use.

In the wake of last night's Amber Alert, some are suggesting that the noise be changed to something less Purge-like.

Getting an Amber alert at 12:40AM while wearing earbuds is one of the most terrifying experiences I’ve ever had

— BigManzTypeBeat (@SKAhmad2991) February 9, 2022

"After receiving an amber alert I just realized the user experience of an amber alert is absolutely abysmal," noted one Ontarian.

"It caught my attention but not long enough for me to read who went missing. I just turned it off to shut the noise cause it's midnight for God's sake. I'm half asleep."

"As a father of young children I’m grateful for the Amber Alert system. But the blaring noise should not wake up an entire province in the middle of the night," wrote another. "People aren't going to search the streets in the middle of the night in their PJs.Don’t send out alerts from 11 p.m. - 6 a.m."

they should make a horror movie series based off the amber alert sound going off in the middle of the night

— teri (@exteriminator) February 9, 2022

Fortunately, the subject of this Amber Alert was found safe and returned to her family. This is not always the case.

"The early stage of the investigation is critical. Information obtained quickly through an AMBER Alert may assist in the safe and swift return of abducted children," reads a brochure on the Toronto Police Service's website.

"AMBER Alert empowers the community to work cooperatively with law enforcement and the media to increase the safety of our communities. The main objective is always the safe return of the child."