Skip to content
Advertisement

Articles by Douglas Ernst

Kim Cope was pulled over in North Texas and asked to give breath, DNA and blood samples. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth screenshot)

Drivers pulled over, asked for DNA and blood samples by federal contractors

Drivers in North Fort Worth, Texas, are being pulled over at a police roadblock and asked for saliva, blood and breath samples. They are offered $10 for a cheek-swab DNA sample, $50 for a blood sample, and nothing for a breath sample — since passive alcohol sensors gather that information the moment the driver is pulled over.

November 19, 2013