In Maryland v. King the Supreme Court will decide whether the Fourth Amendment allows states to collect and analyze DNA, without a warrant, from people arrested and charged with serious crimes.  The State and Local Legal Center’s (SLLC) amicus  brief, which ICMA signed onto, argues that DNA arrest laws are presumed constitutional and have been adopted based on sound policy considerations including the fact that they help prevent and solve crime, they balance the interests of the state and arrestees, and they save state and local governments money.  Twenty-eight states and the federal government have adopted DNA arrest laws