Day: September 11, 2009

In July this year, the Times reported a Whitehall briefing paper that discussed the use of portable equipment that provided the police with a DNA analysis within one hour, rather than the three days it currently takes. In ten years time, it easy to envisage that DNA checking will occur in real-time,  raising the spectre of instant DNA checks for those stopped in connection with road traffic offences or with street incidents. If we are really lucky, such DNA checks