Class-action lawsuit targets NYPD practice of secretly collecting DNA

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3. Evidence and the rules

Evidence, statements and questioning specific to an individual should in all cases be pursued only subject to a lawful warrant or upon voluntary cooperation and then only after being Mirandized and giving informed consent. Minors cannot give informed consent.

By all means collect evidence from a crime scene. Collect prints, DNA and video recordings. When police are called to an apartment in which a person is found dead and evidence points to an assault, investigate and examine the scene.

Random collection of DNA is an invasion of privacy and a violation of protected rights.