How will the National DNA Data Bank contribute to a safer environment for all Canadians?
The Data Bank will help protect Canadians by providing police forces across the country with a much needed investigative tool in identifying and prosecuting repeat violent and sex offenders. It will help law enforcement agencies identify suspects where there are no other leads. It will assist in linking and solving cases across jurisdictional lines, by providing information that might otherwise not have been obtainable. It will also help focus investigations by eliminating suspects whose DNA is in the data bank in a case where there is no match with the crime scene DNA. The Data Bank will also help to exonerate innocent suspects.
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