Does every county in this state have this problem?
On every serious crime, property or otherwise, we swab for DNA. It usually takes months (6 to 8) to get a reply. Usually it's a no hit reply because the offender isn’t in the system yet..
Often we get a hit 1 to 2 years later when the offender is sent to prison and, as a condition of his sentence, he has his DNA collected by CDC, which is then entered into the database. The problem is that no one knows who collected that DNA from the convict and even if we did, that person would not be available to testify that he withdrew the DNA because he probably just sits on a human assembly line and does thousands of them, so he cant say on the stand "Yes I remember collecting DNA from that guy."
So we can only use the DNA hit as a lead to get a search warrant, then go and collect the dudes DNA again. Problem is the CDC sends convicts all over the state so we have to drive for hours and hours to get to the prison. From the OC I have had to drive to Wasco, Tehachapi and San Luis Obispo. Some of the prisoners are so far away we don't have a clue what to do. We have one guy in Susanville which is on the Oregon border. We aren't going to send a detective to Susanville on a vehicle burglary case.
Does everybody have this problem? Have you come up with a solution?
On every serious crime, property or otherwise, we swab for DNA. It usually takes months (6 to 8) to get a reply. Usually it's a no hit reply because the offender isn’t in the system yet..
Often we get a hit 1 to 2 years later when the offender is sent to prison and, as a condition of his sentence, he has his DNA collected by CDC, which is then entered into the database. The problem is that no one knows who collected that DNA from the convict and even if we did, that person would not be available to testify that he withdrew the DNA because he probably just sits on a human assembly line and does thousands of them, so he cant say on the stand "Yes I remember collecting DNA from that guy."
So we can only use the DNA hit as a lead to get a search warrant, then go and collect the dudes DNA again. Problem is the CDC sends convicts all over the state so we have to drive for hours and hours to get to the prison. From the OC I have had to drive to Wasco, Tehachapi and San Luis Obispo. Some of the prisoners are so far away we don't have a clue what to do. We have one guy in Susanville which is on the Oregon border. We aren't going to send a detective to Susanville on a vehicle burglary case.
Does everybody have this problem? Have you come up with a solution?
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