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Nevada

DNA on Felony Arrests
Nevada currently collects from all convicted
felons, but not from any arrestees. The Nevada
DNA system is also poorly funded. Nevada
meets only every other year – the next session
is in 2011. Arrestee testing has been
considered before in Nevada, but was not taken
very seriously. One of the biggest obstacles
was a particular Committee Chairman who is
no longer in power. One extra note about
Nevada is that it is unique among states in the
way it participates in CODIS. Typically, a state
has one state lab that is the CODIS point of
contact and is responsible for all the DNA
analysis and data entry. In Nevada, there is no
state lab – instead, Las Vegas PD does all the
offender testing for the Las Vegas area, and the
Washoe County Sheriffs office does all the
testing for the rest of the state. So there are
two separate labs to take care of in NV.

Adam Walsh Act
24,013 known sex offenders

Protect Act of 2008
18,708 computers identified trading child
pornography in a 48 hour period