Police may take DNA sample from arrestee

In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court held Monday that during the booking process police may take a DNA sample from those arrested for a "serious crime."
"When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and they bring the suspect to the station to be detained in custody,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority, “taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.”  The federal government and 28  states already do this.  This decision will probably encourage additional jurisdictions to adopt this procedure.