At last, law enforcement agencies are beginning to get up to speed with
info-sharing, though I wonder why the hardware systems are so expensive,
what with high-end graphics systems available for well under $3000. (Is
this another 'fleecing of America?')
Oh well, regardless of the cost, I'm glad to see it happening. It should
really help clear up those instances of serial crimes going unsolved in one
state while the perpetrator moves on to another area to start anew:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19981012/V000475-101298-idx.html
FBI, States to Swap DNA Evidence
By Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press Writer
Monday, October 12, 1998; 3:04 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Law enforcement officers around
the country will
be able to compare DNA genetic evidence taken from
convicted felons
and gathered in unsolved cases after the FBI
switches on a national
computer system Tuesday.
All 50 states will be linked to an FBI computer
here that contains
genetic profiles of 250,000 convicted state felons
and DNA profiles
taken from evidence left at the scene of 4,600
unsolved cases, Dwight
Adams, chief of the FBI lab's scientific analysis
section, said Monday.
<snip>
The states pay for their end of the system, with the computer
equipment for a state system costing $15,000 to
$25,000; the FBI
provides the software and maintains the equipment
for the national
system, Adams said.
Suzanne Stephens, Dave Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon
541-552-1190, 541-552-1192 http://www.KickassDesign.com/
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