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DNA Upon Arrest - Police Taking Your DNA

Experts call for DNA restrictions

Police should only be allowed to keep the DNA of people convicted of a crime, a group of experts says.
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DNA Your Police Arrest DNA

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA from people arrested but not convicted of serious crimes, a tool that more than half the states already use to help crack unsolved crimes. Ref. USAToday

DNA Upon Arrest - Police Taking Your DNA History & Civil Business Politics

I do not see a issue with this. IF your arrested then they should be able to take a sample of dna I think this will help people who do not want their DNA taken to not break the law.

DNA Your Police Arrest DNA

There are many concerning issues about how personal information is treated by the authorities in most democratic countries but I don't see this one being one of them. We never had anything against registering our fingerprints and Dna samples are only a modern version of them. I would find it normal if our Dna became one of the data included in future id cards and passports.