PSAEW President Kevin Morris is to urge the Government to create a national database of DNA samples from everyone in the UK – from newborn to senior citizen – said The Times' report. Morris told the newspaper:
"If we have a compulsory database to which every citizen is expected to donate their DNA as a responsibility within our society, I fervently believe we will not only detect crimes quicker but we will help prevent them in the first place."
Barry Hugill, of human rights organisation Liberty, told The Times: "We think this is unnecessary and that it would make everyone a suspect."