As reported by the BBC and Times this morning, the Conservatives have revealed the full extent of the "shambles" that is the police approach to removing innocent people from the the DNA database.
According to the reports:
Some police forces refuse to remove any records once a case is closed and the person declared innocent, while others comply with 80 per cent of requests for deletion.
The figures show South Yorkshire Police are most likely to delete DNA, with 83 per cent of requests granted, followed by Cumbria with 78 per cent and Cleveland with 70 per cent.
Other forces including Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire refused to remove any profiles.
Big Brother Watch opposes the retention of the DNA of innocent people as a matter of principle, but these figures just further shame the government's approach to the DNA database.
By Dylan Sharpe
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Brittany
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Brittany
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