Backers of the Smartphone Theft Prevention Act include...

Backers of the Smartphone Theft Prevention Act include the Major Cities Chiefs Association, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and Consumers Union, said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in a news release Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1jESIxq). She introduced with three Democratic co-sponsors last week S-2032, which would require the installation of a “kill switch” in cellphones and has prompted CTIA’s objections, (CD Feb 14 p8). Philadelphia Police Chief Chuck Ramsey, who heads the Major Cities Chiefs, called the kill switch requirement “the only way to get the job done.”