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NYPD's methods for obtaining DNA samples explained
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Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber outlines the three main ways the NYPD obtains DNA samples: by consent, through abandonment samples, and by court order. He elaborates on the various contexts in which abandonment samples might be collected.
- The three methods of DNA collection: consent, abandonment, and court order
- Abandonment samples can be collected from crime scenes or items left behind at precincts
- Gerber emphasizes the investigative value of DNA evidence in solving crimes
Diana I. Ayala
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in Okay.
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But do you know how the NYPD goes about obtaining DNA samples?
Michael Gerber
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I mean, there are various ways we do that.
1:58:54
Sometimes it can be by consent.
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Sometimes it can be an abandonment sample.
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Sometimes it can be by court order.
1:59:01
Those, I guess, the three ways.
Diana I. Ayala
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The abandoned property?
Michael Gerber
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Right.
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And abandonment can be a variety of contexts.
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It could be sometimes it can be abandoned, frankly at a crime scene, right?
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There are times when at a crime scene we'll be able to identify something that has, that may have DNA and then it does have DNA that could be an incredibly valuable investigative tool.
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There also could be an abandonment sample where someone is at a precinct and leaves behind DNA in cup for example.
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And then that can be used to get potentially a DNA exemplar.
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So I would say consent, abandonment, court order.
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Those are the three, the three basic categories.