Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 - NSW Ombudsman - NSW ...

Chapter 5: A snapshot of forensic procedures .......................................................................................57
5.1. How many forensic procedures have police conducted ...........................................................................57
5.2. Where are forensic procedures being conducted .....................................................................................59
5.3. Who are police conducting forensic procedures on .................................................................................61
5.4. Outcomes ...................................................................................................................................................64
Chapter 6. Legal advice and information provided .................................................................................71
6.1. Providing information about forensic procedures .......................................................................................71
6.2. Access to legal advice ................................................................................................................................77
Chapter 7. Authority to conduct a forensic procedure ............................................................................84
7.1. The distinction between suspects and volunteers ......................................................................................84
7.2. Suspects: proceeding by consent ..............................................................................................................88
7.3. Suspects: proceeding by order of a senior police officer ........................................................................100
7.4. Suspects: proceeding by court order .......................................................................................................105
7.5. Volunteers: proceeding by consent ..........................................................................................................117
7.6. Volunteers: proceeding by court order .....................................................................................................122
7.7. Mass Screenings .......................................................................................................................................122
Chapter 8. Conducting a forensic procedure ........................................................................................134
8.1. Cautioning suspects and volunteers ........................................................................................................134
8.2. Access to interview friends, independent witnesses and interpreters ......................................................135
8.3. Time limits .................................................................................................................................................138
8.4. Privacy ........................................................................................................................................................141
8.5. Electronically recording forensic procedures ............................................................................................141
8.6. DNA samples ............................................................................................................................................146
8.7. Other types of procedures conducted ......................................................................................................152
8.8. Questions and comments by suspects and volunteers ...........................................................................154
8.9. Use of force ................................................................................................................................................156
8.10. Sharing samples and providing results ..................................................................................................158
Chapter 9. Procedures outside the Act ..................................................................................................167
9.1. Other procedures – prints, photos, urine samples, medical examinations ...............................................167
9.2. Covert DNA sampling ...............................................................................................................................171
9.3. Obtaining DNA from deceased persons ..................................................................................................174
9.4. Victims of crime and other “excluded volunteers” ....................................................................................175
9.5. Children under the age of 10 ....................................................................................................................176
Chapter 10. DNA analysis ......................................................................................................................181
10.1. Our investigation of DAL .........................................................................................................................181
10.2. Between the police station and the laboratory .......................................................................................182