Police collect their officers' DNA to ensure they do not contaminate crime scenes The Metropolitan Police is still missing nearly half of its officers' DNA from its database, and more than a fifth of ...

Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting ...

All four plaintiffs were arrested while protesting; two were charged but their cases were dismissed. They allege the cheek swabs used to collect their DNA violated their Fourth Amendment rights and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

The Nagoya High Court on Aug. 30 sounded the alarm about the current situation where anyone could be treated as a criminal ...

A DNA profile recovered from gloves found during the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona that was submitted to a national database maintained by the FBI didn’t come back ...

The Salt Lake Tribune reports on new genotyping technology that can extract a new, full DNA profile of serial killer Ted Bundy, potentially opening the door to solving multiple other cold cases across ...

Dallas police say a DNA match from CODIS has led homicide detectives to a man already in state prison, now charged in the ...

(AP) -- Like so many great discoveries, it was an accident. British scientist Alec Jeffreys realized 25 years ago Thursday that individuals have "DNA fingerprints," unique patterns of genetic material ...