A record for a missing person who is under the age of 21 must be entered immediately into the
NCIC using one of the appropriate categories ___________ Disability, Endangered,
Involuntary, Juvenile, Catastrophe, or other within 2 hours of receiving the minimum data.
The following fields are mandatory to cause acceptance for a missing person entry into NCIC:
HDR,MKE,ORI,NAM,SEX,RAC,DOB,DOE.
For a Catastrophe victim it is not necessary for written documentation.
QWA This inquiry will result in checking all files in NCIC dealing with people including the
missing person file. The name and date of birth is the most common way to search.
QM The following field are mandatory for a non-unique identifier inquiry:
ORI,AGE,SEX,RAC,EYE,HAI,HGT, and WGT.
Retention Period When a recovering agency is retained Indefinitely until an action is taken
by the originating agency to cancel or clear the record or until a Locate is placed against the
record.
Locate/Clear Procedures When a recovering agency files a Locate on a missing person
record, the entering agency does nothing to the record.
The locate will automatically clear the record, the abbreviation _______, or _______ are placed
in the DISP field. This lets the entering agency to know if the subject has been detained or not.
DENT, RELD
In a missing child record, what does the NCIC recommend to add in the AKA field of the
supplemental record? Mothers Maiden Name
,Why is it important to include dental information in a missing person record? For matching
purposes.
Unidentified Person File Categories Deceased, Living, Catastrophe
Deceased (MKE/EUD) a person is not longer living for whom the identity cannot be
ascertained. This category also includes recovered body parts when a body has been
dismembered.
Living (MKE/EUL) A person who is living and unable to ascertain his/her identity: amnesia,
infant, victim.
Catastrophe (MKE/EUV) a person who is a victim of a catastrophe for whom the identity
cannot be ascertained or body parts when a body has been dismembered as the result of a
catastrophe.
$.K Administrative Message An agency is required to verify and update the NCIC
unidentified person record with any additional information. If a record has a date of entry older
than 30 days and any of the following fields are blank, a $.K message identifying the blank will
be transmitted. No later than 60 days after the entry of a missing child record, verify and
update such record with any additional information, including, where available, medical, and
dental records.
Body Parts status Field The BPS Field in a EUD or EUV record entry describes whether the
whole body or only parts of the body has been recovered as well as the condition of those
recovered parts.
When only parts of the body or skeleton has been recovered, the NCIC diagram for the BPS
Field should be used. The diagram divides the body into ______, there are only fifteen
character positions in the field. 15 parts
Body Parts Recovery N,D,S,F
, N not recovered
D recovered-decomposed
S recovered skeletal
F recovered-fresh
Which two categories or unidentified records is the BPS field required? EUD, EUV
Modifying an unidentified person record will generate an automatic cross-match search of the
updated records with ___________ missing person records.
$.M Possible Match for missing person
$.N No match for missing person
If all 32 permanent teeth are present with no restorations, the agency can enter the code _____
in the DCH Field. ALL
If an agency enters ALL in the DCH field the code ____ would be used for all 32 teeth and the
system will generate a dental cross-search comparison. V
If dental characteristics are not available for coding, then the agency should enter ______ in the
_______ field UNK/ DCH