81. National DNA Data Bank_Privacy & Security The National dna Data Bank is a post conviction investigative tool. At the timea sample is collected from a convicted offender, a unique number or bar http://www.nddb-bndg.org/pri_secu_e.htm

PRIVACY AND SECURITY Every effort has been made to balance a suspect's right to privacy with the need for police officers to collect evidence. In accordance with the DNA Identification Act, the RCMP has imposed strict procedures governing the handling of DNA profiles and biological samples to ensure that privacy interests are protected. Information collected by the National DNA Data Bank will be used strictly for law enforcement purposes. All other uses including medical research are strictly prohibited and punishable by law. A National DNA Data Bank Advisory Committee has also been established to advise the Commissioner of the RCMP on matters relating to the establishment and operation of the National DNA Data Bank. The aim of the National DNA Data Bank is to provide an unprecedented investigative tool that will allow police to link crime scenes across jurisdictions and help in apprehending serial and repeat offenders. As well, it can help to focus an investigation by eliminating suspects whose DNA profile is already in the Data Bank, and can eliminate those wrongly suspected. By narrowing the field of suspects and linking crimes early in the investigation or helping to identify suspects, the Data Bank is expected to reduce the length and cost of many investigations. By providing greater certainty in the identity of suspects, it has the potential to reduce the length - and therefore the cost - of trial and to increase the likelihood of conviction.

82. The FBI Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Program Based on a match, police can coordinate separate investigations, The suspect sDNA was collected, analyzed, and stored in a CODIS database while he was http://www.promega.com/geneticidproc/ussymp6proc/niezgod.htm

SEARCH About Promega Our Company Community Contributions ... FAQs The FBI Laboratory's COmbined DNA Index System Program Stephen J. Niezgoda Jr. and Barry Brown Ph.D. Federal Bureau of Investigation A CODIS SUCCESS STORY THE CODIS CONCEPT EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT CURRENT STATUS ... FIGURES A CODIS SUCCESS STORY On a Friday afternoon in March 1989, Debbie Smith, whose husband, Robert, is a police officer, was abducted from her home by a man she had never seen before. Mrs. Smith's assailant forced her from her kitchen to the woods behind her home. He proceeded to rape her. Before leaving the scene of the crime, the rapist threatened Mrs. Smith, saying he knew where she lived and he would kill her if she ever told anyone what had happened. The local police department developed a suspect in the case, and sent a sample of his blood, along with the evidence, to their forensic crime laboratory. A conventional serology exam excluded the suspect. However the examiner instructed the investigating officer to preserve the evidence; there was a new examination based on DNA that could possibly solve this crime sometime in the future. Five years later, in 1994, the county where Debbie and Robert Smith resided experienced an outbreak of sexual assault and rape crimes. The police developed a suspect in this case, and sent a sample of his blood to the laboratory. The police also resubmitted the evidence from Debbie Smith's case, thinking the same subject may be responsible. This time, the laboratory performed DNA analysis. Again, the suspect was excluded. But now, the laboratory had developed a DNA profile of the man who raped Mrs. Smith.

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