WHAT IS RAPID DNA?
The faster DNA results are available, the more they can impact the critical military, forensic, homeland security, and intelligent decisions. And to maximize the impact of DNA identification for law enforcement, homeland defense, disaster victim identification, and military applications, rapid DNA systems must be operable in the field.
ANDE Rapid DNA is the first to receive FBI approval under new standards:
On June 4, 2018, ANDE received National DNA Index System (NDIS) approval from the FBI. The approval allows accredited NDIS laboratories to process DNA samples using the ANDE system and search the resulting ANDE DNA IDs™ against the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) program, without manual interpretation or technical review.
The Rapid DNA Act of 2017 calls for DNA testing of arrestees in police booking stations to identify arrestees wanted in connection with rapes, murders, and other crimes while they are still in police custody (instead of being released within hours, without performing DNA identification, as is currently the case). By identifying suspects quickly, Rapid DNA testing of arrestees can identify repeat criminals, dramatically reducing the rate of violent crimes. The Rapid DNA Act of 2017 requires NDIS approval of Rapid DNA Systems to be used in police booking stations, and ANDE is the first and only system to receive this approval.
About the NDIS approval:
ANDE accelerates the DNA processing from taking months or even years to less than two hours. A comprehensive developmental validation study evaluated the ANDE Rapid DNA Identification System’s overall process–from inserting cheek swabs to ANDE DNA ID generation; testing included the instrument, A-Chip consumable, FlexPlex™ chemistry, and automated data interpretation by the onboard Expert System Software. The forensic science community expects this validation process to be undertaken for any new scientific technology introduced in the criminal justice system. More than 2,000 samples were tested by leading forensic laboratories, and the ANDE system successfully produced accurate, reliable, reproducible, and robust results without manual processing. As of January 1, 2017, the FBI implemented new standards, expanding the CODIS Core Loci to a total of 20. ANDE’s NDIS approval meets these new standards.
The Rapid DNA Act of 2017 :
The bipartisan, bicameral Rapid DNA Act of 2017 was passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 16, 2017.
The Rapid DNA Act establishes a system for the integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement "to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs." Unlike traditional DNA analysis, which can take weeks, Rapid DNA analysis processes DNA samples in less than two hours.
This technology has the potential to change the paradigm of law enforcement. It can be deployed in investigative operations and booking facilities. Rapid DNA provides law enforcement officials with a new system that meets FBI quality assurance standards to compare DNA samples collected at the time of an arrest to profiles in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
The author of the bill, Senator Orrin Hatch, said, "This commonsense proposal will enable law enforcement to analyze DNA in record time, reducing backlogs in rape kits and keeping violent criminals off our streets. By facilitating the use of rapid DNA technology, this bill will also help to exonerate those wrongly accused of a crime."
Latest news of Rapid DNA :
There are a variety of forensic factors involved in this. The priority is identifying any individuals who are still in the structure, living or deceased. But also, the structure itself is potentially a scene,” said Dr. Max Houck, a Forensic Anthropologist with the National Forensic Science Technology Center.
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