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Posted by Silvia Murray, 19:01, Wed 16 September 2009: #

I completely agree Dianne. And to be honest I'm not convinced by any of these encroachments on civil liberties such as DNA databases, ID cards or CCTV footage for protecting me from harm - because they lead to shoddy, inadequate policing. For example, I have experienced a number of situations where the police cannot be bothered to interview a witness or a victim, because the perpetrator was not caught on CCTV. What did they do before CCTV? They INVESTIGATED the crime! Now they languidly lean in the office, yawn and impassively tell me that "yeh.. there's not much we can do without the CCTV. Do you still want to make a statement?".. I bet it'll be the same 'without the DNA' or 'without the ID card' (-its not worth us doing the job we were paid to do by public funding: seeking to enforce the law and bring justice). So to summarise, I am very sceptical as to how the erosion of our civil liberties in practice will assist the police to make our society any safer or more just.

This is on the message DNA Database Clinic.

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