Should DNA be taken for a minor offence?

Question

The police want to take dna for dropping litter & other minor offences.
I think this is a step too far as the information is not kept private & will be available to the whole of europe.
This will result in the ability to discriminate against anyone on their dna profile.
This information will be abused!
What do you think?

Answer 1

No, and why don't they stop insulting our intelligence and just admit that they would like to put us all on a DNA data-base. Schools have already been given permission to collect DNA data on children.

I continue to be amazed by the naivety of some respondents in thinking that this information will only ever be used to solve crimes. Oh please! it will be used to control you in all sorts of ways.

Answer 2

Being a minority, I would be against any additional tools to help law enforcement because it's generally abused in vulnerable communities. So 90% of blacks will have their dna taken and only white ax murderers will. If there was a fair way to apply it(unfortunately there isn't since people in the judicial process are products of their culture) I would easily support it. From a realistic point of view--like timothy mcveigh being stopped on a routine traffic offense. Unfortunately blacks are often stopped illegally and arrested and so in addition would add taking a dna sample. The stop and the arrest are already human rights violations, a dna sample would just further criminalize more non criminals. I know this won't be the consensus view but that's more to the point, a bunch of white people at home putting their views on yahoo. While thousands of blacks are in jail for minor crimes or no crime at all. So says the innocence project and human rights watch.

Answer 3

No it shouldn't! End of story! There is no justification for our government to treat us all like criminals just on the slight chance that we may go on to committ a crime in later life.

DNA does not deter crime, and no criminal would be put off from committing a crime by the fact that their DNA is on a database.

Everyone seems to be under the delusion that every crime leaves DNA behind. Why on earth do you think this? Since when has a simple theft, robbery, or even a murder left ANY trace of DNA. The vast majority of the time no trace is left

Answer 4

once they pass this law, we will all be open to discrimination
there have in the past been reports where the police have fitted some one up just to get a conviction or cause some poor guy a whole load of trouble :just say the guy who lives next door did something to upset me and I wanted to get some revenge all I would need to do is get hold of some of his DNA then go out and commit some crime but plant his DNA at the scene
A bit over the top some of you may think, but it happens all the time

Answer 5

When the day comes which isn,t far away,when they take everything from you at birth,your in trouble We all know words like one in a million and such likes,but does that cover everything,the chip will be installed and will take away every bit or individuality and freedom you have Bare in mind of course that this will apply depending where your born.Will it follow that we won,t need such a big police force,because from what i see,road tax,insurance,mot,s tv licence etc should not need detection,its there in front of them in black and white. The other day i saw two of the new pcso,s who had a couple of kids on bikes,probably about seven years old,pulled up. What amused me was the van they were in,I thought they were walkers,high visibility.We have now allowed powers we will regret,cosh,stun,pepper,tzar and now the gun.Next week the tank, CCTV Who watches the watchers,no wonder kids wear hoods, there sick of camera,s in there face,and I am over fifty so i have no alegencies,but be careful,your dna could go because we want to Stay lucky

Answer 6

in the united kingdom now, while you're processed with the aid of a police custody, your FINGERprints, DNA & image are taken. you have won a warning and also have a checklist on the Police national laptop which will additionally incorporate information of the place your image would properly be discovered and considered, and reference numbers of your DNA & fingerprints. they won't be destroyed. i do no longer think of you ought to admit to a potential company which you have a warning. are you able to remember what the law enforcement officials instructed you once you have been stated. The warning will stay on your checklist for 4 or 5 years yet i do no longer think of it counts as a criminal checklist. while you're uncertain, touch the police service who arrested you and ask them to make sparkling. there is not any ingredient demanding over some thing it particularly is already carried out - you may no longer exchange it now even though it is going to no longer result the different element of your existence. different than for the certainty which you admitted to DISHONESTY - some thing you do no longer prefer to EVER do returned or you will finally end up with a criminal checklist. and how many employers prefer to hire somebody who has proved they are cheating. inspect the archives on your warning and use it as a lesson learnt.

Answer 7

OK, say you have a child that was murdered, and any DNA that was collected from the scene didn't match any convicted criminals, but someone was pulled over for speeding and they found drugs in their car and lo and behold, his DNA matches what was found on the child's body? Would you have a problem with it then? I don't think so. Too many people don't get caught for serious offenses so too many murders go unsolved. I have no problem what-so-ever with police collecting DNA for minor offenses. Don't want your DNA collected, don't break the law! It's not that hard!

Answer 8

I think everyone's DNA should be recorded, just think of the money and manpower it would save. The police could be freed up to deal with other things. I don't think you would be discriminated against for minor offences. I doubt if serious offenders would think twice about committing another crime. The good thing is they would be caught quicker

Answer 9

I think it could actually be quite helpful to have as many peoples DNA recorded as possible. It would speed up cases such as kidnapping incidents if there were any prints found at the scene. The police would have an easier process of elimination if they had lots of DNA profiles.

Answer 10

It’s a scary thought. I recon the state will slowly introduce more & more ways to get our DNA and won’t stop till we’re all listed.
The only good point is that it would probably wipe out crime as we know it, but as for the bad points I dare not even go there.