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Can law enforcement agencies that make arrests obtain a sample from qualifying arrestees before they are brought to our jails for booking?

April 26, 2017agencies arrestees arrests law enforcement obtain Qualifying sample

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Can law enforcement agencies that make arrests obtain a sample from qualifying arrestees before they are brought to our jails for booking?

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Yes. Proposition 69 provides that collection take place “as soon as administratively practicable after arrest.” Each city and/or county may decide how that will be implemented in collaboration with their local departments. The main issue will be the ability of the agency to access the rap sheet or some other resource to determine if samples already have been collected (through a county-wide database, for instance) and to identify the individual, preferably via prints and CAL-ID.