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Friday, June 05, 2009

Police Target 'Innocent' Youths for Arrest in Bid to Increase DNA Samples on Database

Youths with no criminal record are being targeted for arrest so their DNA can be logged on a database in the event they commit crimes.
A total of 386 under-18s had their DNA taken and stored by police last year in one north London borough - more than one a day.
An experience officer working for the Metropolitan Police admitted the DNA was being stored as part of a 'long-term crime prevention strategy'.

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