The Grim Sleeper sure lived a favored life........who else could have committed any one of his "simple" crimes and stayed out of jail? Would it be wrong for a Politician to Demand DNA sampling from every citizen for a national data base? - IMO Yes, this guy should not set the tone for everyone else. Are the lost lives a necessary price for privacy / prevention of gov't intrusion? No, where were the law enforcement people in protecting the public with all that is at their disposal already - the answer is law enforcement has failed and not because everyone did not give them their DNA but because they are a single minded non inclusive institution incapable of broad and reality based perspectives....the skin head, 9MM, sun-glassed cop needs a few other people around for the proper compliment to complete the job.
In this case, it sounds like they had DNA evidence from the crime scene. Then, when they couldn't find an exact match in the database, they started looking for similar DNA. With that, they realized the Grim Sleepers son was a close match, who was already in prison for a felony. Looking at close relatives, and evidence already available, the father became a serious suspect. So, they stole his trash "discarded pizza" to run a DNA test, and discovered he was an exact match for the DNA at the crime scenes. With all that in mind, would you be opposed to stealing suspects trash for DNA samples?
Not at all - they did finally catch the guy by the means described. Just that law enforcement is restrictive in the personnel employed by them to the extent their exclusivity is the problem in solving cases that a broader perspective would intuitively be capable of solving. Solving the crimes traditionally rater than eliminating the rights of individuals as a scapegoat for their own inefficiencies is what is warented. Law enforcement repeat their self generated errors endlessly that only benefit the criminals and use excuses to become even more intractable.
Absolutely agree. Taking that pizza box out of his garbage for DNA samples was a smart move. Not that I disagree with you, but wondering what you have in mind. How would you change the restrictions of law enforcement personnel? How do you believe their exclusivity hinders solving cases? On the DNA testing, and national database, I suppose my views are somewhere in the middle.
Requiring dress codes, life style restrictions etc. The politicizing of law enforcement - forcing individuals who oppose drug enforcement through incarceration to follow set procedures without recourse i.e. alternative solutions for their involvement - if arrested by this officer incarceration will not be permitted. Finding this procedure would create fewer repeat offenses and using the information to better serve the public as a possibility over current one sided polarity. Polarized employment within law enforcement creates the atmosphere for criminality by its own inception.