LAPD wants to jam cellphones during terror alerts

Speaking of cellphones and emergencies, the LAPD is thinking about a crazy scheme to jam all cellphones at high-profile landmarks like LAX, Disneyland, Universal Studios, etc during terror alerts.  The idea is that cellphones have become the detonators of choice for bombers (that's how they remotely set off all those bombs in Madrid), and that jamming transmissions would make that impossible. Besides this being illegal (the LAPD would have to get special clearance from the FCC to do this), there is just no way that hundreds of thousands of people are going to be able to deal with their cellphones being jammed on a regular basis. If you wanna see some really terrified people try telling the average person in LA that you're making it impossible for them to use their cellphone for a few hours.

[Via TechDirt]