NCJ Number
137998
Date Published
1991
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This instructional video tape with three accompanying video facilitator guides provide law enforcement and criminal justice personnel with basic knowledge of National Crime Information Center (NCIC) policy and procedures. Expertise in NCIC operations will result in more efficient and effective criminal justice operations, help reduce liability, and assist in creating a safer environment for the entire criminal justice community.
Abstract
The National Child Search Act of 1990 requires law enforcement agencies to immediately accept all reports concerning a missing child. It also requires law enforcement agencies to immediately enter a record with the child's description into NCIC. The National Child Search Act of 1990 requires the entering agency to verify and update the record no later than 60 days after the original entry. Two different kinds of inquiries can be made on records in the Missing Person File: a unique inquiry, or a nonunique inquiry. A record can be entered in the Unidentified Person File for a living person if that person cannot provide their identity. Comparisons between records in the Unidentified Person File and Missing Person File records are automatically made by the computer each time that a record is entered or modified in either NCIC file. An entry may be made in the Unidentified Person File for an unidentified catastrophe victim; body parts when a body has been dismembered; an unidentified deceased person; or a person of any age who is living and unable to ascertain his or her identity, such as an amnesia victim or a young child. Between 7:00 and 8:00 each morning, the NCIC computer automatically generates a message notifying each agency with a matching record. Updating the missing person record as a result of follow-up investigation will produce a new cross search with the Unidentified Person File and, if a match is found, notification to both agencies. A wanted person record entry must meet the following criteria: an outstanding felony or serious misdemeanor warrant; and the entering agency must attempt to determine, to the maximum extent possible, that extradition will be authorized if the individual is located in another State.