An expert said the practice was 'contradictory to any professional ethics.'
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, foreground right, speaks between chief of staff David Campos, left, and assistant district attorney Rachel Marshall at a news conference in San Francisco, on Nov. 23, 2020.investigation published Wednesday afternoon has revealed that all DNA processed by San Francisco police’s crime lab is, in fact, stored in a database — and could potentially be used to identify individuals in criminal investigations.
These revelations raise the questions of whether San Francisco police have utilized DNA from victims of crimes and other individuals who voluntarily provided DNA to SFPD to aid in investigations — and just how many people currently have their DNA stored by SFPD. Scott did not confirm to the outlet how many people may have been “queried” by the crime lab for possible matches in DNA over the past seven years.
Boudin, in a statement to USA Today and on Twitter, excoriated the police, saying his office’s “worst fears are confirmed.”
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