A sexual assault survivor whose rape kit DNA was used by San Francisco police to identify her in a property crime told KTVU Thursday that she feels “violated again” by the police department.
A woman whose rape kit DNA was used to identify her as a suspect in a crime speaks to KTVU investigative reporter Evan Sernoffsky.A sexual assault survivor whose rape kit DNA was used by San Francisco police to identify her in a property crime told KTVU Thursday that she feels "violated again" by the police department.a growing controversyRevelations about the practice prompted a swift reaction from District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who dropped the charges against the woman.
Police and the district attorney's office said investigators identified her through her DNA that she submitted after being raped six years ago. San Francisco police Chief Bill Scott said at last week’s police commission meeting that he made sure victim DNA would no longer be used to identify criminal suspects. He and lab director Mark Powell explained that the practice happened through a number of decisions that no one apparently thought to second guess.
But lab workers occasionally got hits in the "quality assurance" database that were too old to be from contamination in the lab – and they still reported those people's identities to investigators.
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