Put young children on DNA list, urge [U.K.] police

Why don't these people just say they want everyone fingerprinted and their DNA on record..because that would be unpopular...

So, they'll do it bit by bit..a school here, an airport there. Then will come that time when you will stand out as strange if you *won't* be fingerprinted. "He must be hiding something..."

Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain's most senior police forensics expert.

Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard and the new DNA spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said a debate was needed on how far Britain should go in identifying potential offenders, given that some experts believe it is possible to identify future offending traits in children as young as five.

'If we have a primary means of identifying people before they offend, then in the long-term the benefits of targeting younger people are extremely large,' said Pugh. 'You could argue the younger the better. [Well yes, as an underage person cannot stop this invasion of privacy, or even understand its long term consequences. How convenient...] Criminologists say some people will grow out of crime; others won't. We have to find who are possibly going to be the biggest threat to society.'

"society needed an open, mature discussion on how best to tackle crime before it took place"

Pugh admitted that the deeply controversial suggestion raised issues of parental consent, potential stigmatisation and the role of teachers in identifying future offenders, but said society needed an open, mature discussion on how best to tackle crime before it took place.

Wonder how one sided any "discussion" would be?

Read more here, you fucking criminal.