UK: Police deny targeting kids for DNA
Register [UK]
06/05/09
Police officers in Camden, north London, are deliberately targeting kids under-18 for arrest just so their DNA samples can be taken. The Met denies any such action has taken place, but an anonymous police officer told The Ham and High: ‘It is part of a long term crime prevention strategy. We are often told that we have just one chance to get that DNA sample and if we miss it that might mean a rape or a murder goes unsolved in the future’...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/05/dna_children_london/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
06/05/09
Police officers in Camden, north London, are deliberately targeting kids under-18 for arrest just so their DNA samples can be taken. The Met denies any such action has taken place, but an anonymous police officer told The Ham and High: ‘It is part of a long term crime prevention strategy. We are often told that we have just one chance to get that DNA sample and if we miss it that might mean a rape or a murder goes unsolved in the future’...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/05/dna_children_london/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 8. Jun, 10:49
