Gubernatorial hopeful and former Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., really wants people to know that Rapid DNA, a technology which creates DNA profiles of individuals based on a mouth swab, is the future of law enforcement. A former sheriff who spent some of his post-Congress years lobbying for a company that dominates the Rapid DNA industry, Reichert is still advocating for its use in police departments in Washington and across the country, despite criticism that the technology enables government mass surveillance and that its apparent flaws could lead to innocent people being arrested for crimes they did not commit.
"So good for crime solving, and tracking suspects," he said in an interview last year, referring to Rapid DNA. "And we've also been using this technology on the border a lot more during the Trump era than we do now, obviously.”
