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# Darren Nixon added to the database
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/darren-nixon-added-to-the-database/
- Published: 2008-02-14T11:02:05.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:39:24.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

**Jon Bright (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Noticed this in the [Metro](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in%5Farticle%5Fid=98741&in%5Fpage%5Fid=34&expand=true&ref=opendemocracy.net) yesterday - Darren Nixon, a 28 year old mechanic from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested mistakenly by a police firearms unit, who believed he was carrying a gun (it turned out to be a black iPod). The police had been phoned by a commuter, and can hardly be blamed for sending a firearms unit if someone dials 999 and says there's a gun involved. But he has, of course, been given the regulation DNA swab and fingerprinting - details of which are immediately added to our burgeoning DNA database - and furthermore, if the Metro is correct, his record will always reflect that he was arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence, all of which makes for uneasy reading for anyone worried about the advance of the 'database state' in this country.