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Police to Use DNA to Solve Property Crimes

Report said Branford Police are training officers to collect DNA evidence to solve thefts and other minor crimes.

Fred Musante, Neighbor

plan to use their own DNA database to solve property crimes.

WSFB-TV reported this week that the local police are training officers to collect DNA evidence from routine crime scenes, not just at major crime scenes, in hopes of battling a wave of larcenies that plagued the town last year.

The television news report said Branford cops recorded more than 600 theft complaints in 2011, a sharp increase from previous years.

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Branford to create the first local DNA database in Connecticut. The company, Lodis, has used the technology to increase arrests for minor crimes by 30 percent in other states.

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