Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many
DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers revealed last night.
James Slack
UK Daily Mail
Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009
Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many
DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers revealed last night.
The Human Genetics Commission said the Big Brother tactic was creating a '
spiral of suspicion' among the public.
The panel - which contains some of Britain's leading scientists and
academics - said officers should no longer routinely take samples at the
point of arresting a suspect.
They also called for all police - including support staff - to place their
own DNA on the national database in a show of solidarity with a public being
routinely placed under suspicion.
By law, officers are only allowed to make an arrest if they have '
reasonable suspicion' that a person has committed a crime.
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