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Cheers, but I only quoted the governments own watchdog on these matters.
In a separate investigation published this week - this one by the government's own Human Genetics Commission - it is reported that the police are now routinely arresting people in order to collect DNA samples for the national DNA database even though there is no evidence or suspicion of a crime committed.
They police really need no reason now, as a former police superintendent, giving evidence to the inquiry, says it was now the norm to arrest people for everything and anything possible. "It is apparently understood by serving police officers that one of the reasons, if not the reason, for the change in practice is so that the DNA of the "offender" can be obtained."