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Ref:188/07
August 2, 2007
CPO POSITION ON TAKING SAMPLES 0F DNA FOR NON-RECORDABLE OFFENCES
Tony Lake, ACPO lead on Forensics, Chair of the National DNA Database and Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police said:
“ACPO has real concerns about the proposals to extend the taking of DNA and fingerprints for non-recordable offences such as speeding or dropping litter. ACPO maintains the position that any proposal to take DNA or fingerprints has to be reasonable and proportionate to the crime.
“The use of the Intelligence database (using DNA or fingerprints) continues to help resolve a substantial number of crimes by either detecting those responsible or eliminating people from police enquiries. It is important to remember that DNA is only one part of the investigation and that prosecutions are brought based on other evidence such as witness statements, CCTV footage etc.”
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Notes for Editors
• The ACPO Press Office can be contacted via 020 7084 8946/47/48 (office hours) or via 07803 903686 (out of office hours).
• The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is an independent, professionally led strategic body. In the public interest and, in equal and active partnership with Government and the Association of Police Authorities, ACPO leads and co-ordinates the direction and development of the police service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In times of national need ACPO, on behalf of all chief officers, coordinates the strategic policing response.
• ACPO’s 341 members are police officers of Assistant Chief Constable rank (Commanders in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) and above, and senior police staff managers, in the 44 forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and other forces such as British Transport Police and States of Jersey Police.
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