Missouri to be eighth state to enact Kelsey's Law
- 8/27/2012


Missouri will become the eighth state Tuesday to enact Kelsey's Law, which requires cellphone carriers to provide law enforcement with a customer's location information in an emergency.

Named for Kansas teenager Kelsey Smith, whose body was found four days after she was abducted on June 2, 2007, the law is intended to ensure local police agencies quickly get what they need to find people in danger.

The law has been gaining ground steadily since the first one took effect in Kansas in 2009. Nebraska, Minnesota and New Hampshire enacted laws in 2010, followed by North Dakota in 2011 and Hawaii and Tennessee earlier this year. A similar bill is in the works in Illinois.

In most cases, the parents of the law's namesake have been heavily involved in promoting passage. Since their daughter was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered in 2007, Greg and Missey Smith have toured the country telling the story of their agonizing wait while neighbors and friends searched for the 18-year-old.

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requires cellphone carriers to provide law enforcement with a customer's location information in an emergency.


...sounds like a good idea, its what they do with land lines when we call 911,,,