scientist sir alex jeffreys , her early discoveries revolutionized policing surveillance tactics , claimed the guardian magazine that people were being " branded as criminals " because the database retained details of every detained , regardless of whether they were soon caught . the data now holds more than a 000 profiles , up 1 . 4 million in six years . prince stephen initially called for improved population checking procedures , worrying that the current process did result in a miscarriage of time , in an argument with the sentinel newspaper .
Alec Jeffreys is the inventor of genetic fingerprinting.