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Attorney general's office seeks to let correctional officers collect DNA swabs for state database
Summary
The Attorney General’s office asked the House Judiciary Committee to amend DNA statute to allow correctional officers to collect saliva swabs for inclusion in state and national DNA databases, saying most samples are already collected at booking in correctional facilities and the change would streamline the process.
The attorney general’s office asked the House Judiciary Committee on May 20 to amend the state DNA statute to allow correctional officers to collect DNA samples for the state and national databases.
Jennifer Penner, crime laboratory director, testified that House Bill 1044 would amend Section 31-13-4 of the North Dakota Century Code to add correctional officers to the list of qualified collectors. Penner said most samples submitted to the crime lab are…
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