SFPD says use of rape victim's DNA in unrelated criminal investigation 'should not have happened'

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SFPD says use of rape victim's DNA in unrelated criminal investigation 'should not have happened'
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'We should never be in this position again. We're open to getting better and not having this happen again,' Chief Scott said.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wednesday night the San Francisco Police Chief responded to some tough questions from police commissioners about the use of DNA from sex assault survivors being used to investigate other crimes.

"As of now, you don't know of another case but there could be because you haven't finished auditing all the samples is that fair?" asked San Francisco police commissioner Cindy Elias. "This was something that should not have happened. As far as we know, we'll see, as far as we know it was a singular event. Problems have been identified and policies put in place so it doesn't happen again," said Chief Scott.

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