The Nevada Senate has approved a bill designed to give law enforcement quicker access to cell phone locations in times of emergency, by-passing warrant procedures. SB 268 gives carriers protection for providing information during certain circumstances.
A Kansas mother who struggled with a cell phone company to provide call location information when her daughter went missing testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy, urging them to pass the bill requiring such information be given to police agencies in emergencies.
Missy Smith of Overland Park, Kansas, told committee members of her frustration and anger when her daughter, Kelsey, was taken from a store on June 2, 2007, just nine days after graduating from high school. The 18-year-old’s body was discovered four days later and her family believes she might have been found sooner, possibly alive, if her cell phone location was tracked and made available to authorities.
At least nine other states have adopted similar laws.
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