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BENSALEM, Pa. (CBS) The Bensalem Police Department has a new weapon in its fight against crime. <\/p>\n
The department just unveiled a DNA system that will help track down suspects faster than ever before. <\/p>\n
You have probably only seen it in an episode of CSI: a DNA system that finds matches in minutes and solves crime within an hour. <\/p>\n
However, a forensic tool seen on television, called RapidHIT ID, really exists. <\/p>\n
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In fact, its now being used by real police to fight real crime in Bucks County. <\/p>\n
I wish we had this technology back in 1987 when I started, said Bensalem Township Police Director Frederick Harran. It is really Star Wars stuff. <\/p>\n
Bensalem Township police have become the first department in the country to have this almost-instant DNA system by IntegenX. <\/p>\n
The system allows the department to streamline the DNA testing process. <\/p>\n
It can test at the station instead of sending all their samples out to state labs. <\/p>\n
The state was doing DNA processing in 18 months, said Harran. We are now doing DNA testing every single day in 90 minutes. <\/p>\n
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Not quite solving the case as fast as the cops on CSI do it, but getting there. <\/p>\n
This has exonerated people, too. DNA is not just about locking up the bad guy. Its also about exonerating innocent, Harran added. <\/p>\n
Bensalem Township police can only match a suspects DNA against about 20,000 collected DNA samples within Bucks County. <\/p>\n
There is legislation pending in Washington, D.C., that aims to give the RapidHIT ID system access to the national CODISdatabase. <\/p>\n
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