DA: San Francisco police used rape kit DNA to arrest victim
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s police chief says he’s investigating claims by the district attorney that DNA collected from rape victims is being used to help identify them as possible crime suspects. District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Monday that he’s learned the police crime lab has tried to identify suspects through a database that includes DNA profiles from sex-assault victims. Boudin says a woman was arrested recently for a property crime based on her years-old rape kit DNA. Boudin says the practice could be unconstitutional and it could dissuade sex-assault victims from reporting crimes. Police Chief Bill Scott says he’s ordered an investigation and if the allegations are true he’ll end the practice.
