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781 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 13 August 2004.<br />

782 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 20 July 2004.<br />

783 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 28 September 2004.<br />

784 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 29 September 2004.<br />

785 We received a complaint during the review period regarding a blood sample being taken from a suspect in the absence of consent and<br />

a court order, see complaint number 5 at 15.3.4.<br />

786 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 50.<br />

787 Blood samples are classed as intimate forensic procedures under the <strong>Act</strong> and <strong>NSW</strong> Police stipulates that Red Cross certification is the<br />

minimum requirement for obtaining a blood sample.<br />

788 <strong>NSW</strong> Police, COPS download data provided by FPIT on 15 July 2005.<br />

789 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />

790<br />

Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />

791 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />

792 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />

793 We are aware of at least two occasions where both a hair sample and buccal swab were taken from a child, on the same day.<br />

Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />

794 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />

795 Under section 25 of the <strong>Crimes</strong> (Administration of Sentences) <strong>Act</strong> 1999.<br />

796 Information provided by DAL, October 2005. Our audit sample included 180 forensic procedures but only 140 were DNA samples taken<br />

from suspects. The others were taken from volunteers, victims, were not DNA samples or had been destroyed.<br />

797 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 24 August 2004.<br />

798 Confidential Magistrate survey response, 20 January 2005.<br />

799 Meeting with <strong>NSW</strong> Police representatives to discuss <strong>Ombudsman</strong> Discussion Paper, 21 April 2005.<br />

800 Police Association of <strong>NSW</strong> submission, March 2005.<br />

801 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> audit of local area commands; confidential interview with police officers, 27 September 2004 and 21 April 2005; and<br />

discussions with FPIT 25 October 2005.<br />

802 This matter is discussed in more detail at 11.2.1 as case study 74, and in Chapter 15 as complaint number 2.<br />

803 This matter is discussed in more detail at 11.2.1 as case study 75.<br />

804 For a more detailed description of the DNA sampling techniques, see chapter 17 of <strong>NSW</strong> <strong>Ombudsman</strong>, The <strong>Forensic</strong> DNA Sampling of<br />

Serious Indictable Offenders under Part 7 of the <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong>, 2004.<br />

805 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 3(1).<br />

806 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />

807 Telephone conversation with CISB fingerprint section on 7 July 2005.<br />

808 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 50.<br />

809 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 57(1).<br />

810 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 50.<br />

811 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 53.<br />

812 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 53(2).<br />

813 Confidential LAC Survey response.<br />

814 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />

815 Telephone conversation with FML on 1 July 2005.<br />

816 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 45.<br />

817 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 20 July 2004.<br />

818 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 10 November 2004.<br />

819 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 49A.<br />

820 <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> s 52(3).<br />

821 <strong>Ombudsman</strong> video audit, 29 September 2004.<br />

822 61 commands advised no procedures had been conducted by force, and the remaining 12 were not able to advise whether any<br />

procedures had been conducted by force.<br />

<strong>NSW</strong> <strong>Ombudsman</strong><br />

DNA sampling and other forensic procedures conducted on suspects and volunteers under the <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> 165

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