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"Like all law enforcement technologies, once agencies have already invested money, they will try to use that technology in as many contexts as they can – in the case of Rapid DNA, there is nothing in the bill to stop agencies from using it to collect DNA from people stopped on the street," [Jennifer Lynch, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation] said. "The technology is portable, and, apparently not difficult to use, so there's nothing to prevent an officer from using the machine right out of the trunk of a squad car."

Responding to civil liberties concerns, the Judiciary aide pointed to a 2013 Supreme Court decision that ruled the warrantless collection of DNA from those arrested for a serious crime does not violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure.