Essential Feature
Operation Shield
Monday 2 March 2015 sees Cheshire
Police
launch
Operation
Shield
protecting property and business in
Cheshire through a unique forensic DNA
liquid which links stolen property − and
the offender − to the crime scene.
The Operation will allow members
of the public and businesses to adopt
forensic marking in homes and premises
across the county. Criminals will also be
targeted to ensure that they are aware
of how the use of forensic marking will
make life difficult for them should they
choose to commit crimes in Operation
Shield areas.
Operation Shield uses a forensic
liquid containing DNA unique to
each property. It can be used to mark
belongings, allowing it to be returned to
the owner no matter where it is recovered
from. Offenders committing crime can
also find themselves marked with the
forensic liquid − which stays on their
hair, skin, and clothes and cannot be
washed off. Criminals will not be able
to see it in normal light, but police will.
Every person arrested in Cheshire will be
screened under a special ultra violet light
in custody − if they have committed a
crime in an Operation Shield area, they
will be marked, and the unique DNA will
link them directly to the individual crime
scene.
Operation Shield aims to deter burglars
and around 1000 sets of the forensic
marketing kits have already been
deployed to homes in burglary hotspots
across the county.
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