You would have to be an absolute moron to willingly submit your DNA to law enforcement. How does this possibly help anyone? Like if someone you were genetically related to committed a crime? All I can see is severe potential negatives for you and no positives.
This also helps identify people who slip and fall while cliff diving (usually not carrying ID) or get hit in a hit-and-run while walking their dog, or burn up in a friend’s house fire.
I have a friend who volunteers to go through dental records for kidnapped children, trying to locate the records for the body of the found child. These are the types of things people don’t usually think about. And if you’re curious, yes, sometimes kidnappers even destroy the teeth to try and prevent the identification of the children.
These aren’t just to solve crimes, but locate family members of the deceased John/Jane Does.
If someone is missing a family member it’s much more prudent to do a specific DNA test then, not advocate for carte Blanche providing your genetic data to the government.
