Well if that's the standard we are doomed.
If someone reports something odd being dropped in a trash can in a couple of locations we have to shut down the city...
Someone could actually go look at the "device" that had been there for more than a week to make a determination prior to shutting down the city...
So... the next time there are six or so calls from all over reporting suspicious boxes that all sound similar, say in various shopping malls, they should just blow it off? Just tell the caller to kick one of the boxes and see what happens?
Yeah... we'd respect that decision here. I'm sure Freepers would be first in line to say "well, at least they didn't overreact". No... we'd be calling them idiots.