Is your Sheriff’s Office trying to collect your DNA?
We are being notified by Members across the state that their Sheriff’s offices are either contacting them to come in and provide a DNA sample or, in some cases, even showing up at their doorstep to collect DNA!
Upon information and belief, the FDLE has sent letters or emails instructing all Sheriff agencies to collect DNA samples (i.e., “Project DNA”) from specific individuals listed on the Sex Offender Registry. It is unclear under what authority the FDLE can collect DNA from individuals whose offense dates are prior to the dates set forth in F.S. 943.325.
FAC has put in a public information request to the FDLE to ascertain this information.
In the meantime, some registrants have been told that providing DNA is voluntary. Other registrants have consulted with an attorney and been advised NOT to volunteer for the collection of DNA unless they come with a court order compelling them to provide the sample.
We will continue to update you as more information comes in.
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I thought I was being targted a week ago when the VOLUSIA county sheriff called me directly and stated that I need to com in for an appointment. Since then my sllep has suffered because I know that Police, Sheriff Deputys etc, are only human. They make mistakes, have personal opinions and try to coerce people to get their job done.
When I was arrested the Sheriff said “make it easy on yourself” which in cop talk means give up your rights. I was denied access to a Lawyer and the rest is history.
I now expect them to show up at my door with an AK pointed at me or something similar if I do NOT submit.
I am in Pinellas County and this has not happened to me yet. But even if they do ask I will refuse because I gave them DNA back in 1996. To bad for them if they lost it or whatever the reason. I am not on probation nor am I supposed to be on the registry. My court papers prove it. They crossed out all registry stuff on it.
at the time of my sentencing, I was required to give a DNA sample. And boy did they take the sample… They took blood, a swab of my cheek and a urine sample. I think the urine sample was for drugs.
If they come to my house asking for a dna sample NOW, I will tell them that they already have my DNA on file— that my DNA doesnt change from week to week and if they want any more, I will spit in the grass and tell them “there it is– go look for it”
NOW GET OFF MY PROPERTY !!
good one man!
I was not ordered to provide a DNA sample. My case is pre October 1995. However, when I told Department of Corrections this upon intake, they acknowledged it but took an extra blood sample without my consent. When I asked what it was for, she replied it was for a DNA sample. I told her I did not consent to that and she shrugged.
Always wondered if they’re was a way to get that removed from the system since it was taken illegally.
I forgot to mention that a DNA sample was discussed at sentencing and the judge declined to order it.
I volunteer to not give a sample.
@Capt Munsey
But if you gave a sample while serving in uniform, then it is in the database already for local LE and national LE to research if needed. No compliance is needed by you, Sir, or anyone who has served. Many military members are not aware of this, but they become part of the national database for all interested parties per Federal law upon submitting their sample for what many think is for ID only during military service time and not the lifetime and beyond it is.
My 29 year service ended 28 years ago. I may have given a sample on active duty, I can’t remember if I did or didn’t. I probably did for identification purposes in case I ‘caught a bullet’. Whether I did or didn’t, I will no longer give one. I am moving on with my life. Thank you TS for the info. We all need to take a stand…enough is enough.
I wonder if they are collecting again, if we were DNA tested already at sentencing, as is required by law? I have moved and am in a different county now, so they may want it for current county. I am still on probation and have “warrantless search” by any law enforcement officer as a condition. Is DNA test a “warrantless search”.
The DNA database is a statewide database, each county DOES NOT have their own database. I have read the statute on DNA collection, and there is NOTHING about volunteer submissions of DNA.