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Post by avordvet on Jan 4, 2019 15:28:18 GMT -5
The Federalization of local Law Enforcement continues unabated... FBI plans ‘Rapid DNA’ network for quick database checks on arresteesNew machines create DNA profiles in less than two hours, rather than days or weeksBy Tom Jackman, December 13, 2018 Though DNA has revolutionized modern crime fighting, the clues it may hold are not revealed quickly. Samples of saliva, or skin, or semen are sent to a crime lab by car (or mail), and then chemists get to work. Detectives are accustomed to waiting days or weeks, or longer, for the results. Some labs are so backed up, they take only the most serious crimes. Some samples are never tested. But a portable machine about the size of a large desktop printer is changing that. A “Rapid DNA” machine can analyze the DNA in a swab and produce a profile of 20 specific loci on the DNA strand in less than two hours. Some local police departments and prosecutors have been using Rapid DNA machines for about five years to solve crimes. www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2018/12/13/fbi-plans-rapid-dna-network-quick-database-checks-arrestees/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.69ac80b518b5
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