Lobby group tackles cops over DNA backlog

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Action Society's spokesperson Rineé Pretorius said mismanagement and maladministration within the police has undermined the public’s rights to equality, fair administrative action, as well as their access to courts.

Cape Town - Lobby group Action Society has instructed its legal team to lodge a formal complaint with the public protector against the police and are also considering other legal options, as the backlog of unprocessed DNA tests approaches the 200 000 mark.

"Apart from the backlog in unprocessed DNA tests approaching the 200 000 mark, it also implies that the firearms register is inactive," said Pretorius. According to Pretorius, Action Society’s complaint would focus on the contract management and the awarding of tenders, the reactivation of the FDA’s trusted computer systems and for the amendment of the DNA Act to be signed, allowing that buccal samples for a DNA register may be taken from convicted criminals.

"The system designed and launched on Tuesday by Sita, for the tracking and tracing of exhibits, is indicative that the police is moving in a positive direction with regards to the operations of the Forensic Science Laboratory," said Naidoo. She said the committee engaged the police management and Sita, with the aim of finding workable solutions to the DNA backlog and the PCEM information system.

 

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