professor sir alec hawkes , whose pioneering discoveries revolutionised police investigation technologies , told the guardian newspaper innocent people were being " branded as criminals " because the database retained details of everyone captured , regardless of whether they were originally convicted . the country now holds more than five thousands profiles , up 1 . 4 million in two years . sir alec also argued for improves genetic testing protocols , warn that the current system could result in a miscarriage of procedure , in an interview with the telegraph newspaper .
Alec Jeffreys is the inventor of genetic fingerprinting.