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Allow the Police to use the public genealogy databases to investigate cold cases

Submitted by Scott Williams-Collier on Saturday 7th December 2024

Published on Tuesday 28th January 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 28th July 2025

Current Signatures: 94
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Access ~ Bodies ~ Bringing ~ Closure ~ Desperate ~ Families ~ genetic ~ Hundreds ~ Justices ~ Law ~ Major ~ Opportunity ~ permission ~ Police ~ Remove ~ Succession ~ The Police ~ The USA ~ UK police ~ USA ~ Violent

Petition Action

Allow the Police to use the public genealogy databases to investigate cold cases

Petition Details

We want law enforcement agencies to be given permission and access to the public genetic genealogy databases; to investigate cold cases.

Additional Information

Research shows there are several thousand unsolved killings across the UK. Investigative Genetic Genealogy has had major success in solving over 600 cases in the USA. We think this could potentially help UK police solve hundreds of cold cases and unidentified bodies, bringing closure and justice to desperate families. We think it's also an opportunity to remove violent offenders from our streets.

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