The Times leader writer comments on the Human Genetics Commission report on the National DNA database:
There should be a clear and independent appeals procedure for unconvicted people who want their DNA removed. All police officers, those most likely to come into contact with suspects, should have their DNA collected as a condition of employment. And, to protect fragile civil liberties, all profiles of the innocent should be deleted immediately — even at the slight risk of hindering detection and clear-up rates.
These considerations may not concern you if you are a parliamentarian or a connected person:
“Why were [Lord] Levy, Turner and Evans not DNA tested”?:
http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/8/3/3137600.html
“Tory MP Damian Green has DNA profile deleted from database”:
https://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-08/tory-mp-damian-green-has-dna-profile-deleted-from-database/
Further evidence of the discriminatory nature of the DNA database: “The review of the national DNA database by the government’s human genetics commission [Human Genetics Commission, ‘Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?’] also raises the possibility that the DNA profiles of three-quarters of young black males, aged 18 to 35, are now on the database”:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/24/dna-database-inquiry
Human Genetics Commission’s ‘Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?’ published this month can be found here:
http://www.hgc.gov.uk/Client/document.asp?DocId=226&CAtegoryId=8