On 01/10/2007, Josh Gordon user.jpgordon@gmail.com wrote:
Exactly the right steps were taken here. This is one of the things our community can be strongest about; even if we get 999 of these that are hoaxes, the thousandth might well save someone's life.
A more cynical approach is that if people know that we will report such incidents to the police who will not be amused by such hoaxes they are less likely to carry out such hoaxes in the first place.