LA County district attorney, LAPD chief back measure prompted by spike in catalytic converter thefts
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón and LAPD Chief Michel Moore are calling on state legislators to approve a measure aimed at reducing catalytic converter theft by requiring auto dealers to engrave the vehicle identification number on the devices on new vehicles and banning cash sales for used catalytic converters.
The measure, which is backed by state Sen. Thomas Umberg and Sen. Anthony Portantino, would ban auto dealers and retailers from selling new vehicles unless the vehicle's ID number has been engraved or etched onto the catalytic converter itself, and ban the cash sales of used catalytic converters by requiring recyclers to accept only traceable payment methods such as a credit card.
Umberg said he had participated over the weekend in etching numbers on catalytic converters in an effort that he said took him 40 seconds and would take a professional about 10 seconds, and said the measure seemed to be a"common sense solution'' to the rash of thefts.
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