DNA database fears

UK: IN the relatively short period of time since it was discovered, DNA fingerprinting has become one of the most powerful weapons in the armoury of the police.

It can clear the innocent and identify the guilty, even if decades have passed since an offence was committed. Without it, criminals like Thomas Galloway, who raped and killed pensioner Emily Mutch in 1996 but who was only convicted after DNA tests in 1999, would still be free.

It is not surprising that ministers now want to broaden its use by creating a national DNA database. If they had such a system, police would undoubtedly catch more rapists and murderers, as well as those who commit less serious crimes. If used wisely, it could help protect children from criminals like Ian Huntley, who may have been identified much earlier as the dangerous sexual predator we now know him to be if police had kept and shared the information they held on him.

There are, however, potential problems. Ministers are proposing that DNA data should be taken from all those arrested or detained on suspicion of committing a crime for which they could be imprisoned, even if they are never convicted. Essentially, it means innocent people will have very personal information kept on police files. [ Also innocent people can be framed for crimes more easily.]

The Information Commissioner believes the rights of the few will be trampled in our zeal for justice. In a letter seen by The Herald, the commissioner's office warns: "This will result in real and ongoing intrusion into the private lives of innocent people." [And possibly ongoing blame and convictions?]

GeneWatch UK, the policy research group, is similarly concerned. It warns that the DNA database in England and Wales, which was introduced in 2003 - the year after Ian Huntley killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - contains DNA profiles of one-third of all black men in the two countries, compared to just 8% of white.

Ethnic minorities are more likely than the white population to be stopped by police, to be arrested, and so to have their genetic fingerprints copied and stored - even if they are not subsequently charged with a crime. It is not in itself a sign of discrimination, but an illustration of wider problems in our criminal justice system and in our society. The concern minority groups may feel about the database must be taken into consideration.

There are also concerns that DNA fingerprinting may not be as infallible as we would like to believe.

There are instances when convictions based on DNA evidence have later been overturned and, although few, they should still be enough to discourage over-reliance on genetic profiling. They include the case of Brian Kelly, a policeman who served a six-year prison sentence for rape, only to have his conviction overturned after his release when it was found that crucial DNA evidence may have been contaminated. That wrongful conviction was blamed on the less-than-perfect methods of the early days of DNA fingerprinting. Yet the technique is still relatively young.

A national DNA database could prove invaluable to our police forces. Are we, as a society, willing to sacrifice some personal privacy in order to achieve this? Many will feel that the innocent have nothing to fear and much to gain from the measure in terms of public safety. It is vital there is a proper debate about this. Ministers must consider all the arguments very carefully. The Information Commissioner's letter and the concerns of GeneWatch UK are therefore to be welcomed. Hopefully, they will encourage the serious public consideration of this issue so that the new database wins the confidence of the country as a whole.

UK Herald Editorial posted 24 October 05

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A VISIT TO THE NSW HRMU, SUPERMAX PRISON

The pre-requisite to visit the HRMU is a security check that can take up to six months. Complaint to the NSW Ombudsman 2004.

HIGH RISK MANAGEMENT UNIT GOULBURN CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

Well, I made it to Goulburn on Saturday for my 9.30am visit. Didn't ride the bike as it looked like heavy rain when I set out.

First of all I parked the car and went to the little 'sentry box' and handed over my driver's licence, locked my car keys and ring in a locker in there (a new procedure) and got to take that key with me through the door of the HRMU.

Got inside, filled out the form, they looked on their computer and looked very confused.

Had to put my thumb on the fingerprint-reading machine, which is a little box with a red light. Nasty big-brother stuff, don't like it at all. However protesting would be futile and only lead to being banned, so like a good little sheepie, I do as I was told.

I was very nervous at this point, the computer did not seem to like my thumb print. They said "Are you sure you've been here before? How long ago? Which thumb did you use?" I was thinking 'Bugger, my thumb is wrong and they're not going to let me in.' It's all part of the torture process and an attempt to make you never want to go there again.

However I eventually got past the first checkpoint and got to stand in a glassed-in area, a tiny room like a phone box, where they check if you are carrying any nail clippers and stuff. The beeper went mad so I gave them my locker key. The beeper still didn't like me so they said I must have metal in my shoes. In my shoes? I didn't think they made shoes with metal! But sure enough, when the shoes went through the airport-style scanner thingie, there was a strip of metal in each shoe like a chassis! Well, they did cost me $400, so now I know why, when you pay that much you get metal reinforcements.

So into the next room. They checked my driver's licence again and unbelievably, my thumb print again, which seemed to take ages. Then they told me to lock my driver's licence and first locker key in another locker and I would be allowed to take that key with me. A sign warned, "This is the last opportunity to use the toilets. There are no toilets in the visiting area."

I must admit the toilets were very clean and the soap was pretty good quality too. However all the time I could hear the high-pitched buzz of electronic stuff and I found it very irritating - it was like having tinnitis.

There were about 10 other people going through this, all middle eastern. I was thinking 'This looks like a political prison! What have they got in here, prisoners of war or something?' It just seemed strange there were no other 'Australians' around.

Last time I had chatted to a family this lot did not want to talk, they looked very miserable indeed. When a prison officer said to a lady wearing the full shalwar kameez "Nice day outside, isn't it" she did not reply.

In none of these rooms - which are exactly like prison cells to me - were there any magazines to pass the time - or any confectionary machines, bubble gum dispensers, or TVs. It is so obvious they want to punish you for daring to turn up at all.

You wouldn't want to have claustrophobia, I can tell you, and I would not have got through this without having taken a Valium before I went in. So there I am in the next section sitting down waiting and in each section you wait at least 20 minutes and the walls start to close in on you and you wonder if there's enough oxygen to keep you going. Unlike last time, I did not feel out of breath, just scared it might happen again, and terrified there were no open windows.

After a long time, I am moved through yet another locked door to a smaller room. There I sit and sit until finally someone comes to take about six of us to the visiting area. Through another locked door and into a huge empty aircraft-hanger thing - I forgot, every time you change rooms they do the thumb thing again. And stare at the computer screen for ages looking like your thumb is the most dangerous thing they've ever come across. Out of the aircraft-hanger - more locks - and into the open, huge walls on every side, only thing you can see is the sky; a short walk to yet another door, then into another room where they check my troublesome thumb YET AGAIN. So I say to them "Is this in case I've changed my thumb print since you last did this?" No reply of course.

More sitting and waiting. There IS a toilet here. They said there wasn't. I like to know where all the toilets are.

Through the glass barriers I could see my friend already in the visiting area pacing up and down. It was like watching a lion pacing up and down its cage. I felt really sorry for him that he didn't feel he could just sit and wait. I said to the person behind the glass "Is there any chance of getting a chair with a back on it?" She replied "No, absolutely not."

I know that my other friend doesn't get a proper chair after she supplied a letter from her specialist. Finally they let me go through. I don't know whether you are allowed to touch the prisoner but I gave him two big hugs, one from me, and one from Brett and all of youse. I said to him "Brett says there's a lot of love and pride for you out there and don't give up." Then he made me a cup of tea but there was no 'real' sugar, only that poisonous artificial stuff, so I had to have my tea without sugar. I get very paranoid in there. I even imagined they might have put something nasty in those little pink packets of alleged sweetener. My friend has to sit on the white stool, the visitor on one of the green stools. They are cold, hard metal. I said, "Where's the chocolate biscuits?" Not a chance of that! My friend showed me where the CCTV camera is on the wall. I hadn't noticed it last time. Maybe they had not yet installed it. So they are recording everything that happens, and no doubt what is said, as well.

Twenty minutes of sitting, then the whole process reverses with all the thumb-checking and sitting in tiny cells waiting and waiting to be moved on to the next area. The silence in there is quite scary too, not a single outside sound penetrates the place, and always that high-pitched electronic buzz. Finally, at around midday, out into the open air again, my No. 2 locker key in hand, back to the sentry box, retrieve my car keys and ring and back to the car - what a relief to be out of that evil place. I remember now how the first prison officer said, "Enjoy your visit." Ha, as if you could. When I got home I felt that I had to have a shower and wash all my clothes to get rid of the nasty feeling, and then I had to go for a long bike ride before I could feel completely free again, because when you go in there as a visitor, you come out feeling that you have been a prisoner.

By Justice Action 18 May 05

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A TOTAL ABUSE OF POWER
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Carr's Castle the real story H.R.M.U.The High Risk Management Unit Goulburn Correctional Centre. A prisoner writes, " I was unsuccessful in my letters to Dr Matthews CEO of the Corrections Health Service on my problem regarding air - claustrophobic effect the cells have on me. Just recently the management decided my injuries are not seriously affecting me so no further discussions are necessary.

Police's icy response to child's snowball

UK: Here is some good advice: if you are 13, live in Kent and like throwing snowballs, make sure there is not a police car in the way.

Amy Hodges, from Ashford, may not have known this when she accidentally broke the rear window of a Kent constabulary vehicle with her snowy missile. She has paid the penalty.

She spent four hours in a cell, had her fingerprints taken, was obliged to give a DNA sample, and was given a formal reprimand when officers decided not to proceed with a charge of criminal damage.

Her mother, Theresa, who was in the cell with her, is furious. "So my daughter now has a criminal record for throwing a snowball. What is the world coming to?

"She's not a bad girl at all and certainly didn't mean to break the window - she hadn't been aiming at it, just fooling around with friends.

"The officer involved should have established who she was and then contacted us. We would have paid for the damage and punished her ourselves. All this fuss for a snowball? It defies belief. Have they nothing better to do?"

But the Kent police spokesman was unrepentant. "A 13-year-old girl was arrested after a snowball was thrown at a moving car, smashing the rear window," he said.

"We consider this to be a dangerous action which could have had very serious consequences. We chose to reprimand the girl at the police station rather than charging her with criminal damage.

"We felt this was an appropriate way to deal with this incident."

He then put in the metaphorical size 12 police boot. "This might be a nice girl from a fine upstanding family but she broke the law and committed criminal damage. The law is for everyone and we are there to uphold it."

By David Ward posted 28 February 05

Visit the U.S.A. and become a criminal

Australians, "who are allowed to travel to the United States without a visa", will from today have to give fingerprints and have a photo taken when they arrive at US airports and ports.

At your peril! Remember this evidence can and no doubt will be used against some of you in a court of law. So much for the right to privacy and silence?

Up to now citizens of 27 countries - including 15 of the European Union countries, Australia, New Zealand and Japan - were exempt from the security controls imposed on other visitors since the start of the year.

About 13 million people enter the United States needing no visa, using just a passport.

They say the new entry rules "add minimal time to the process - an average of 15 seconds in most case," according to the US Department of Homeland Security.

But not if they make a mistake because you could be held up indefinitely if they do?

How is Guantanamo Bay Cuba for about 3 years?

Immigration agents will take digital imprints of both index fingers on an inkless scanner, and a digital photograph.

The data will be checked with the passport information and cross-referenced against existing "no-fly" lists and "crime databases".

The biometric identifiers also protect the visitors, according to a Homeland Security statement, "by making it virtually impossible for anyone else to claim their identity should their biometrically-enhanced travel documents (such as a visa) be stolen or duplicated".

They say, the information will help authorities cross-check the visitors with a list of wanted criminals.

US border controls tightened considerably after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when terrorists hijacked and crashed four passenger airplanes, killing nearly 3,000 people.

They allege that since the new US security measures were introduced in early January at 115 airports and 14 seaports "more than 8.5 million foreign visitors have been processed without adversely impacting wait time," according to Homeland Security.

They say, since the new measures have been in place authorities have discovered of more than 280 suspected criminals and people travelling with false documents, officials said. [?]

But that's just a good way to convince some people of the need for this invasion of privacy.

No doubt if checked these are just lies by authorities to convince the uncertain that it's all right to breach your privacy and take your particular "features" as a sample?

Based on fear they want visitors to give up their rights why? "Because these criminals and terrorists are out to get you if they don't ".

Doesn't say much for "Liberty" and "Land of the Free".

Starting December 31 the new measures will be extended to 50 US border crossings, and will be in place at all border crossings by the end of 2005.

By Privacy 30 September 04

THE DOG: Since the new measures have been in place we are told what authorities want to tell us and that's all! I hope people avoid the place like the plague. If the economy is affected then people who think up intrusive policies like this one will have to make a choice between the 'Welcome Mat' and the 'Offensive Mat'.

I think most people would be offended to visit someone and be treated like a common criminal regardless if they've broken any law. People who don't have any conviction have the most to lose if the become victims of either mistakes made by authorities or used as fodder for some terrorist conspiracy. Now we've never heard of any conspiracies by authorities in the USA have we? Trust the U.S. they know best?

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Fingerprints now required for US visas

Your profile on a a database a breach of your privacy

United States consulates in Australia have begun taking fingerprints from Australians applying for visas.

The embassy says the use of two fingerprints on visas adds to the international program of biometric face recognition being put into new passports.

[But there is a great risk the authorities will use your fingerprint profile to frame you.]

Australia's US consular coordinator Sylvia Johnson says the identity of Australian visa holders will be checked against a data base of the electronic fingerprints when they arrive in America.

"I can say the US Government is very strict and really protects the privacy of the information that they store on individuals, whether they are citizens of not. The US data bases are very, very closely held," she said.

[Just plain rubbish the US government are war criminals and very corrupt. No one should trust them at all.]

By Privacy 4 March 04

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The DNA evidence panel is under investigation and the New South Wales Innocence Panel's operations have been suspended and a review of how it works ordered.

DNA testing causes debate in murder case
"Once police have some part of you like DNA, they will look further to profile you whether you're guilty or not. If they find some form of circumstantial evidence [or even flawed circumstantial evidence] to attach to your DNA they will plant the rest of the evidence on you like you had always owned it and you will be convicted and sent to jail guilty or not," he said.

Retrospective Laws: Mesmerised like a chook syndrome
What is it? This chook syndrome. Perhaps it is when we allow 800-year-old rule of law to diminish for a dictator like Bob Carr.

ARE YOU INNOCENT?
The Australian Law Reform Commission had recommended that the Innocence Panel be independent and have the power to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder Mass DNA testing of prisoners has [allegedly] led to the first NSW case of a person being charged with a previously unsolved murder as a result of a controversial gene-matching data bank.

Prisoners can prove innocence for $20?
Les Kennedy Daily Telegraph reported today that" Prisoners who believe that DNA will prove they were wrongly convicted will have the chance to prove their innocence for a mere $20 administration fee. The move comes 20 months after NSW inmates were asked to provide DNA for comparison with a databank of DNA from unsolved crime scenes for possible convictions.

Database clears up crimes but not used to clear up miscarriages?

NSW Police Minister John Watkins said at the launch of a Sydney conference of international forensic experts meeting to mark 100 years of fingerprinting in NSW.

He said the 'collection of DNA from prisoners and suspects' in NSW during the past two years had led to more than 5,400 matches on the forensic database.

[However because John Watkins NSW Police Minister suspended the Innocence Panel he only sees DNA used to convict people and not used to clear up ANY miscarriages of justice? Shame on big brother!

[Not just that, but now the authorities have 'forced prisoners' to give them DNA profiles, those profiles can now be 'planted at crime scenes'.]

Weak NSW Government suspends Innocence Panel

The DNA evidence panel is under investigation and the New South Wales Innocence Panel's operations have been suspended and a review of how it works ordered.

Updated 2009:

Corrupt police planting DNA evidence at crime scenes

Others have raised concerns about corrupt police planting DNA evidence at crime scenes.

Military lawyers await probe on DNA tampering

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command said nearly 500 forensic test results from all services dating back 10 years are under review after one of its examiners allegedly faked results. About 119 of those cases pertain to the Navy and Marine Corps.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder

As long as the the prisoners DNA wasn't planted at the crime scene. It is one thing to force prisoners to hand over their DNA and another thing to exploit it.

Allegedly a forensic database has led to more than 720 convictions in the past two years in cases where police had no prior leads. But has not led to any being found innocent because the Innocents Panel has been suspended?

GKCNN spoke with Justice Actions Michael Strutt who says One thing I do know is that 596 of the 725 convictions have been burglary related with only a handful of more serious offences detected.

"Some obvious questions that can only be answered by separating facts from spin are" -

(i) How many actual offences and offenders does the 725 convictions represent? (ie. A single burglary can result in a conviction for break & enter, trespass, malicious damage, multiple counts of goods in custody, possession of implements, etc, etc). A search of the suspect's house can often result in several more charges (eg. drug related).

(ii) How many offenders does that 725 convictions relate to and how many received custodial sentences as a result.

(iii) The police say that there were more than 3500 'cold hits'. What proportion of those actually resulted in an investigation and what happened with the thousands of cold hits that *didn't* result in a conviction?

(iv) How many cold hits were to people who could not possibly have committed the offence (as with the Jaydn Leskie case, the Raymond Easton burglary case in the UK and the Operations Rex and Pad murder cases in NZ)?

(v) How many cold hit cases were discontinued amid doubts about contamination of the crime scene by investigating police, whether deliberate or accidental (ie. what indications are there so far that NSW police are continuing to plant DNA at crime scenes as they did in the R v Lisoff case)?

By Mine 1 December 03

Related Privacy Breach Links:

An ATM card under your skin: For sheep and goats?
Applied Digital Solutions is hoping their 12-by-2.1mm radio frequency identification tag catches on as an under-the-skin alternative to an ATM or credit card.

Licensed to drive, be intimidated, be harassed, and interfered with?
NSW Police should not be given any more power to stop drivers going about their business. These new powers are just a substitute for the recent attack on privacy, whereby police wanted to search for guns by stopping drivers randomly.

Related DNA Links updated 2009:

JUST BEAT IT! Govt lauds crime-solving technology?
They told him don't you ever come around here. Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear. The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear. So beat it!

DNA testing causes debate in murder case
"Once police have some part of you like DNA, they will look further to profile you whether you're guilty or not. If they find some form of circumstantial evidence [or even flawed circumstantial evidence] to attach to your DNA they will plant the rest of the evidence on you like you had always owned it and you will be convicted and sent to jail guilty or not," he said.

Retrospective Laws: Mesmerised like a chook syndrome
What is it? This chook syndrome. Perhaps it is when we allow 800-year-old rule of law to diminish for a dictator like Bob Carr.

ARE YOU INNOCENT?
The Australian Law Reform Commission had recommended that the Innocence Panel be independent and have the power to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder Mass DNA testing of prisoners has [allegedly] led to the first NSW case of a person being charged with a previously unsolved murder as a result of a controversial gene-matching data bank.

Prisoners can prove innocence for $20?
Les Kennedy Daily Telegraph reported today that" Prisoners who believe that DNA will prove they were wrongly convicted will have the chance to prove their innocence for a mere $20 administration fee. The move comes 20 months after NSW inmates were asked to provide DNA for comparison with a databank of DNA from unsolved crime scenes for possible convictions.

Military lawyers await probe on DNA tampering
The Army's Criminal Investigation Command said nearly 500 forensic test results from all services dating back 10 years are under review after one of its examiners allegedly faked results. About 119 of those cases pertain to the Navy and Marine Corps.

Corrupt police planting DNA evidence at crime scenes
Others have raised concerns about corrupt police planting DNA evidence at crime scenes.

Expert baffled by Falconio evidence DNA contamination
NT: The director of the Northern Territory's forensic science unit has told a Darwin court he does not know how his DNA contaminated a key piece of evidence in the Peter Falconio murder trial. [lost trial? After all he wasn't found?]

The ABC for good or evil?
He had a suspect that he wanted to find guilty based on the chances of a spouse killing a spouse which were greater in anycase, at least more likely than that of a stranger.

First Grabs To Control Our DNA
A small company in Australia has been subjected to gross denials of rights after DNA database technology was stolen from it's company. This one year saga has spawned them to form a new approach to projects of importance to all people.

Worries over DNA and racial profiling
UK: Black men are four times more likely than White men to be on the national DNA database and there is growing concern about racial profiling in criminal investigations.

Lab's Errors Force Review of 150 Virginia DNA Cases
US: WASHINGTON, - A sharply critical independent audit found that Virginia's nationally recognized central crime laboratory had botched DNA tests in a leading capital murder case. The findings prompted Gov. Mark Warner to order a review of the lab's handling of testing in 150 other cases as well.

Witch-hunt targets scientists
QLD: SCIENTISTS at the John Tonge Centre are being threatened with jail in the wake of a government hunt for the source of leaks highlighting serious problems in the forensic laboratories.

Fresh swipe at DNA labs
Scientist Kris Bentley, whose departure yesterday follows that of forensic biologist Deanna Belzer after concerns about "inaccurate" DNA results and unvalidated equipment, issued a scathing resignation letter leaked to The Courier-Mail.

DNA leads 'CSI' cold-case squad to first arrest?
Frozen case? I don't really know what to say about them until they come up with their case. They say it involves DNA evidence but that's the only stuff we know.

Criminal's DNA filed under relative's name
The New South Wales Opposition is calling for an investigation into claims that police have entered DNA data for serious offenders under incorrect names.

DNA fingerprinting 'no longer foolproof'...
The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting.

THE BUTLER DIDN'T DO IT!
PROFESSOR BARRY BOETTCHER: Now, there should be a law enacted within Queensland so that when cases come up like this they can be brought to attention and if an appropriate authority such as a judge of your Supreme Court considers that it merits further inquiry, an inquiry be ordered.

'Rape' officer clears his name
UK: A former policeman has been cleared of rape after protesting his innocence for 15 years. Judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ruled that Brian Kelly, 47, had suffered a miscarriage of justice over crucial DNA evidence.

New unit investigates unsolved deaths?
A new police unit has been established to investigate more than 360 unsolved deaths in New South Wales, with many of the deaths dating back more than 30 years.

Prisoner's bid for review denied
Prisoner Roger Cheney has lost a Supreme Court action to have a judicial review of his 1993 convictions an 30-year jail sentence. Justice Shaw said he was concerned about the prisoner's claim that DNA evidence held by the police could prove his innocence. Although Cheney had requested the results of the DNA tests, he had been denied access to the forensic analysis.

QLD Prisoners DNA Bid THE curious case of Queensland's "cat lady" murder is set to test the state's legal authorities again, with the man convicted of the killing asking the Attorney-General to take the unprecedented step of releasing blood samples for DNA retesting.

Database clears up crimes?
NSW Police Minister John Watkins said at the launch of a Sydney conference of international forensic experts meeting to mark 100 years of fingerprinting in NSW. He said the collection of DNA from prisoners and suspects in NSW during the past two years had led to more than 5,400 matches on the forensic database.

A Question of Innocence
Katrina Bolton: The promise of DNA freeing the innocent as well as convicting the guilty has been repeated by politicians across Australia, usually while DNA laws are being expanded. The promise was made as a national DNA database, ‘Crimtrac’ was created, and it was made as NSW introduced legislation giving unprecedented powers to take DNA samples from prisoners, by force if necessary.

Mouse Trap Game? Tried Until Guilty!
Two New South Wales Labor MPs have strongly criticised the Carr Government's proposed abolition of the 800 year old double jeopardy rule, which stops people being tried a second time for the same crime. The left-wing MPs have branded the reforms as dishonest and unjust in a formal submission to the Attorney-General's department.

Weak Carr Government suspends Innocence Panel
It's a callous disregard for justice! The panel takes applications from convicted prisoners for DNA evidence to be analysed a move that may help in a future court appeal.

JUST BEAT IT! Govt lauds crime-solving technology?
The New South Wales Government says advances in crime solving technology are helping the progress of hundreds of police investigations.

DNA testing causes debate in murder case
The use of voluntary DNA testing in the investigation of a murder case in New South Wales has been applauded by victim support groups who are ill informed about the process said Justice Action's spokesperson Gregory Kable.

Abolition of double jeopardy law a political stunt: NSW Opp
Why draconian laws? What about the re-trial by media that goes along with it? Twice shy?

ARE YOU INNOCENT?
The NSW government has finally appointed somebody (Justice John Nader) to head up its Innocence Panel and has produced leaflets and forms for people convicted of serious crimes (eg murder) to apply for DNA testing if they believe it may help prove their innocence. You can get the info by phoning 1300 881 717 or writing to the panel at GPO Box 45 Sydney NSW 2001.

Is the Westminster System flawed?
Most people would say Lady Di got the boot and NSW has so much trouble getting the Innocence Panel moving. I said hey, what's going on!

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder Mass DNA testing of prisoners has led to the first NSW case of a person being charged with a previously unsolved murder as a result of a controversial gene-matching data bank. The Herald reported 25 Nov 02 "a DNA saliva swab led to the charging of a former prisoner with the bashing murder of a woman. Police had been unable to find any witnesses or suspects following the murder in Sydney's inner city two years ago. Detectives had admitted they faced a tough job finding the killer."

Prisoners can prove innocence for $20
Les Kennedy Daily Telegraph reported today that" Prisoners who believe that DNA will prove they were wrongly convicted will have the chance to prove their innocence for a mere $20 administration fee. The move comes 20 months after NSW inmates were asked to provide DNA for comparison with a databank of DNA from unsolved crime scenes for possible convictions.

DNA yours or mine?
Now they have isolated two genes that they say tells you if you're more likely to be depressed. What does that mean? It could mean that you should stay in jail because you are more likely than not to continue your offending behaviour according to a Department of Corrective Services Forensic Psychiatrist.

DNA = Do Not Assume - DNA Controversies!
The national DNA database of all known offenders proposed by Prime Minister Tony Blair could mean that innocent people will be accused of crimes they did not commit.

DNA Evidence of Bipartisanship
Last week the U.S. Congress passed the Justice for All Act, which includes provisions of the Innocence Protection Act. As of this posting, the legislation has not yet been signed by President Bush. Attached is an analysis of the legislation prepared by the Justice Project.

Murder charge first for DNA data bank link, but not the same as solving the murder As long as the the prisoners DNA wasn't planted at the crime scene. It is one thing to force prisoners to hand over their DNA and another thing to exploit it.

Police Corruption Links updated 2009:

The reckoning of a police whistleblower
A decade after crooked cop Trevor Haken rolled over at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, he remains in fear of his life and says he has been left out in the cold by authorities, having reached his used-by date.

Australia: Copwatch - pornographic emails
Copwatch -sexually explicit emails in Western Australia - Victoria cops ask for freedom to target Muslims - Former ASIO head says Victorian corruption now worse than ever - Coppers out of control in driving pursuits in NSW - Drink-driving copper 5 times over the limit in Tasmania - Fans of Ned Kelly fire 40 shots into a memorial plaque at Stringybark Creek.

Police drivers sneer at the rules
NSW police involved in high-speed car pursuits have lied, ignored commands to stop and switched radio frequencies to dodge official supervision while taking part in chases, internal service documents reveal.

Australia: Cops on Drugs
An illicit drug culture exists within the ranks of the NSW Police Service with young cops found to be taking speed, cocaine and ecstasy.

Victorian cops the most corrupt in Australia
A weekly round up of news on the cops. Former Australian Crime Commission Chair says Victorian cops are the most corrupt in Australia -- so they are given extra powers -- and so Melburnians can be patrolled by the army -- and have business deals with McDonalds. Top cops in NSW cleared after investigation -- but another one charged with child slavery. Western Australian police officer leaves the force under secrecy -- and Canberra hospital nurse tells the Federal Police to bugger off.

Cop Watch - The threat of privatised state power
Cop Watch will stay silent on proposed anti-terrorist laws and the arrest of peace activist Scott Parkin as so many others are writing about it, but a moment needs to be spent on private security guards - the private army of the state.

Cop Watch - Tweed Heads Terrorism brings town to standstill
Another terror attack in Australia brings Tweeds Heads (NSW) to a standstill - police brake speed limit to get footy player to footy match - woman ends up dead because of police failure, according to coroner - corrupt corruption commissioner might end up in prison - 14 year old girl gets locked up by police unlawfully - ex-copper gets massive $650,000 pay-out.

A copper's lot may not be happy, but it is certainly well paid
NSW Police to set up full time riot squad following Forbes protests - no one wants to be Commissioner of Police in NSW - no one wants to be a copper in SA - another copper rapes a juvenile - more secrecy bungles in Victoria - more drugs for the cops on duty - Justice Wood (former Commissioner into Police Corruption) says little has changed in 10 years - cops on corruption charges get stressed out and get compo.

Cop Watch: When permanent head injuries ruled to be reasonable force Former copper kidnaps and rapes 10 year old (allegedly) - Commission rules that police violence that leads to serious and permanent head injuries is 'reasonable' - more police lies on the de Menezes killing in London by terrorist police officers - NSW Police Association criticise A30 Opera House cost of policing - Victorian Police stuff up traffic tickets (again).

Cop Watch: No. 4 Terrorism in Ballarat
Terrorism in Ballarat - former Sydney copper sues the police after becoming drug addict - Victorian Police unlawfully releases 'up to 20,000 pages' of confidential files.

Australia: Cop Watch No. 3
This round-up includes: disgraced officers may get reinstated with back pay - more confidential information gets released into the public domain by police - body searching at the Sydney Opera House - and Irish police pissed off over WA police poaching campaign in Ireland.

Australia: Copwatch No.2
A review of what the boys and girls in blue have been up to shows that their respective juices have been stimulated by their ability to demand greater and greater police powers.

Australia: Cop Watch
The roundup this week - dodgy riot gear, shooting French photographers, senior coppers being 4 times over the legal limit, dodgy promotions in NSW, more terrorism powers in WA and drug-dealing coppers in Melbourne (it is alleged).

Assaulted, intimidated or harassed in custody?
"Then make an Apprehended Violence Order application against the police, says assault victim Ms Teresa Kiernan.

NSW Police Force: 2 dead, $1 million dollars to catch a thief?
NSW police have expressed concern about their response to the Macquarie Fields riots in south-western Sydney after a police pursuit that killed two young youths Dylan Rayward 17, and Mathew Robertson, 19 that went horribly wrong.

OUR STORIES MUST BE TOLD. THEY HAVE TO BE
On Sunday 13th February, a Community gathering will be held to enable all people to remember the death of one of our young Community members, 'TJ' Hickey.

Vic police chief moves to sack officers
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Christine Nixon, has moved to dismiss two police officers as part of a crackdown on corruption and says up to 20 more dismissals could follow.

Vic flop cop warns there's more corruption
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, says Victorians should brace themselves for more evidence of police corruption.

Vic police corruption report tabled in Parliament
The Victorian Ombudsman's report on the Ceja Taskforce and drug related corruption in Victoria police has been tabled in State Parliament.

Bent police compromise Bulldogs gang-rape case
Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden could have compromised gang-rape investigation? Steve Mortimer resigned!

More NSW Police Corruption?
Line of fire? [Bullshit! Line of Lick Arse Noble Cause NSW Corrupt Cops] (clockwise from top left) Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden, Assistant Commissioner Peter Parsons, Superintendent Dave Swilkes, Assistant Commissioner Bob Waites and Superintendent Dave Owens.

NSW Cop suspect in murder?
A sacked Sydney police officer has finished giving testimony at a hearing into his corrupt activities over the past eight years. Christopher John Laycock was yesterday recalled to the witness stand at the Police Integrity Commission (PIC).

Corrupt NSW police officer sacked
New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has sacked an officer who confessed to being involved in corrupt activities over the past eight years.

Policeman draws blank on fake raids
A suspended Sydney policeman has told an inquiry that he has "little recollection" of the details of fake police raids he set up.

Officer planned to kidnap criminals
A senior Sydney police officer who has admitted taking money for tipping off a child porn suspect had also been planning to kidnap criminals and extort money from them, the Police Integrity Commission heard yesterday.

Police offer protection to family following gang rape allegations
The parents of a 14-year-old girl claim their daughter was gang-raped in Sydney earlier this year, and have raised concerns about corrupt policeman Detective Sergeant Christopher Laycock's review of the case.

NSW police prosecutor charged with child porn possession
A New South Wales police prosecutor has been charged with the possession of child pornography.

Police, teachers charged in child porn bust
One-hundred-and-fifty people, including police officers and teachers, have been arrested in what the Federal Police (AFP) describe as Australia's biggest Internet child pornography bust.

A corrupt way to treat the community?
I seen the police bleeding on Nine's Sunday program arguing that promotion should depend on how many crimes police have solved and not how many brains they have and that was coming from police commissioner Ken Moroney and Police Minister John Watkins?

Judges Blood Sample: After the fact of the fact of a hangover?
Lawyers say New South Wales Supreme Court judge Jeff Shaw should not give police his own sample of blood taken after he crashed his car near his Sydney home last month.

NSW police drug amnesty under review
A drug amnesty for the New South Wales police force is under review, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has said.

Police to uphold law not decide mental health
A diagnosis of mental illness could be made over the phone instead of in person, and involuntary psychiatric patients could lose the right to have their case reviewed by a magistrate, under proposed changes to NSW mental health laws.

Redfern police need education not weapons
According to the description of one senior police officer, the ACLO called out on the afternoon before the Redfern violence escalated was "hopeless, intoxicated and had no driver's licence."

Bulldogs simply not the best!
SIMPLY NOT THE BEST AND DEFINITELY NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE, ANYONE I'VE MET.

Clive Small, NSW Inspector Gadget
NSW Police has revived controversial plans for a specialist discriminative squad to tackle the wave of violent crime that has plagued Sydney's south-west for more than a decade.

One arrested in random raids: Police
NSW Police said more than 200 officers raided homes in the largest operation ever conducted by Task Force Gain, set up to investigate gun crime in Sydney's south-west.

Random police raid terrorised residents
A police task Force randomly targeting gang warfare [and criminals green lighted by police themselves], is investigating nine murders and one disappearance, including a shooting death that sparked a dramatic random dawn raid in south-western Sydney yesterday.

Three men arrested over deadly drug feud
In a day of extraordinary developments in investigations into gangland violence [and police corruption], in southwest Sydney, armed plainclothes detectives from strike force Gain swooped on three men in the shopping area of the Star City Casino complex at about 2.30pm.

Drive-by shootings: test your political IQ?
Sydney was being controlled by around a thousand gun-toting young men and a new jail was needed to put them in, the NSW opposition said on Friday, in the wake if Sydney's drive-by shootings.

NSW drug wars: family feud not responsible for shootings
Do New South Wales citizens have to be diverted from the truth about a drug infested gangland killing? Why did the police lie? Why did the Premier lie? What is wrong with our government and police, are they on the take? Are they on drugs? Are these people being drug tested?

NSW Opp calls for greater police powers
The New South Wales Opposition has used the latest fatal shooting in Sydney's south-west to call for police to be given powers to conduct random car searches.

Hollingsworth: Whistleblower meeting at Mensa
The speaker will be Kim Hollingsworth, another idealist woman police whistleblower who reported corruption within the service and wouldn't back down, despite suffering financial and emotional distress, as a consequence of Police victimisation of her.

First degree murder? Or Noble Cause Corruption?
A "STUDENT" who was alleged to be involved in a murder and armed robberies is being sent to university, after turning police informant, the man has been given indemnity from prosecution relating to a string of serious offences. These include a hold-up in which shopkeeper Khiem Lu was stabbed to death.

Australian drivers licence dangerous weapon
In the hands of police the Australian motor vehicle driver's licence has become, and soon becoming a very dangerous and powerful weapon that can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Licensed to drive, be intimidated, be harassed, and interfered with?
NSW Police should not be given any more power to stop drivers going about their business. These new powers are just a substitute for the recent attack on privacy, whereby police wanted to search for guns by stopping drivers randomly.

Police WarLords set to take over Sydney again
Police warlords are set to take over Sydney's suburbs because police are not being supervised properly.

Jailed man's conviction to be reviewed
The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal will today review the conviction of a man, after claims in the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) last year that police planted weapons and faked suspects' confessions.

Who is bad?
Super Rat? M5? M11? K8? N2? So I trust that some people who, with the photos and guns guessed that a jury would quickly establish a case against a profiled person whom, you just had a picture and a history of. Common knowledge? The government knew their victims would take the blame. Not just chess in court, 'moving around the pieces', but 'putting false evidence, or not enough evidence before the jury."

2,500, crooked detectives? Or a corrupt Government?
The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Where did the police learn their trade skills? Led by example perhaps?

How to become corruption resistant in NSW
Don't trust those who cannot prove themselves with the little amounts of trust you give them. Just because they have a letter of perceived trust doesn't mean they can be trusted.

This is not how you eat 'antisocial behaviour'
Process corruption, perjury, planting of evidence, verbals, fabricated confessions, denial of suspects rights, a solicitor to induce confessions, tampering with electronic recording equipment, framing. Generally green lighting crime, and I say Murder, including the kids who overdosed on heroin. No doubt.

Black Knight - Long way to go home
In line with the current climate of police corruption and the demise of the reform unit set up by Wood, these facts ought to have been a good reason to leave Moroney out of the package as Commissioner.

Bob down and sniff my arse
These are serious invasions of privacy and draconian laws? Where are our democratic soldiers, the lawyers and the barristers who need to take on the government in the courts? Are they plastic? Or to busy feathering their nests? Or have they been cleverly purchased by this black government. Drug test police and politicians, and have the tests independently accessed.

Come in spinner? Or Come in sinner?
"You don't have, in my view very vigilant processes. I suppose it's akin to the problem of corruption within the police," he told the ABC radio. " People say there's corruption with the police (but) do you get the police to investigate problems within their own ranks?

Deeds
I am disturbed by Governments 'actions' in relation to shuffling the police service. Clive Small seconded into Parliament like a cocky in a perch. A breach of the fundamental Separation of Powers Doctrine does not in my view allow the thought of intervening, planning, or shuffling to stack the deck of our police service. The one that suppose to be autonomous according to Lord Denning. Where the Parliamentary Secretary can ask the commissioner of police to 'report' then sack him if he is not satisfied with such report.

Prison Mind Games-Do they exist?
Directives are given inside the prison system that are not consistent with the law in NSW. And not in the good interests of the health and well being of the prisoners.

Truth
Who is telling the truth? Well I guess Dr. Ed. Chadbourne or Mr. Peter Ryan may have the answer to that. Dr. Chadbourne sacked by Peter Ryan and more specifically in my view because he elected deputy commissioners Dave Madden and Andrew Scipione as the best men in the service in relation to his qualifications to make a recommendation in his capacity as human resources.That is if you believe that a Dr. can be corrupted.

Honesty
What is happening between the Police Service and politics is quite extraordinary at the moment. If stand over tactics don't work tell half the truth honestly and follow the example of sheep. Another word for it is sleaze, yeah. Another word for it is workplace harassment. Another word for it is bribing a Police Officer. Another word for it is misleading Parliament.

Tele Tales
Most people I know don't buy the Daily Telegraph. Why? Because of the lies and propaganda purported by them.

Lord Denning
Interesting how a member of the Police Board Mr. Tim Priest would hold grave fears for his safety from dangerous senior police but fails to name them or have them sacked. Rather Priest resigns as if he had no powers. Could that mean what he was saying is that the Governments are also corrupt?

Corrosive
Clive Small is Bob Carr's choice for the new Police Commissioner. It could only be the case considering his, Small's special appointment into Parliament House. Small who suffers from the little person syndrome is the ideal bend over boy who gets shuffled through his corrupt actions. Rolling the legal system for him after the fact, just like his predecessor Roger the dodger Rogerson.

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Same boat
The Premier, Bob Carr, relies on a militia. A gang of bikies and our Police Service, to show all of us he is no murderer. He should be taken to the task along with his partners in crime like Clive Small to account for those people who like my self have been maliciously assaulted and who have complained, without any service and those who cannot speak for themselves who were murdered, like Terry Falconer. Terry murdered in custody.

Good Cop
Why have our democratic institutions broken down? It's not just the criminal justice system. The Anti-Corruption Network webmaster@anti-corruption-network.org exposes the same issues. A group of white-collar workers who say they have suffered as follows:

Dangerous
I refer to the Daily Telegraph article 22 March 2002 under the heading Priest quits advisory job.

Partners in crime - history!
Roger Rogerson, the old hero, who never faced a result in the Warren Lanfranchi, or Sally-Anne Huckstepp murders, was let off in my opinion when the New South Wales Government rolled the legal system (deciding what evidence to give the police prosecutor) to have the jury believe the illusion they (the Government wanted to create).

Police Chronology 1994-2001
View events in the NSW Police Force since the Wood Royal Commission began in 1994. 1994 May Justice James Wood is appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service ('WRC').