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KENTUCKY - BUREAU OF TRAINING - LINK/NCIC PROCEDURES TERMINAL OPERATOR'S GUIDE

NCJ Number
61783
Author(s)
D MORTON
Date Published
1979
Length
213 pages
Annotation
A TRAINING AID TO STUDENTS ATTENDING THE LINK/NCIC PROCEDURES COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TERMINAL OPERATOR FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES ONLY. THE TRAINEE WILL DEMONSTRATE COMPUTER FUNCTIONS OF THE IBM 3767 TERMINAL BY SETTING MARGINS ON ASSIGNED SCALES, TYPING ASSIGNED MESSAGES, CHANGING THE PAPER AND RIBBON, AND IDENTIFYING EACH DIAL BY NAME AND FUNCTION. UPON PROGRAM COMPLETION, THE TRAINEE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FROM SOURCE DOCUMENTS INDIVIDUAL KENTUCKY TWO-CHARACTER DESTINATION CODES; STATE, REGIONAL, AND STATEWIDE CODES; AND RECITE COMPUTER RESPONSE TO FORWARD, QUEUED, OR REJECTED MESSAGES. USING REFERENCE MATERIAL, THE TRAINEE WILL BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT MESSAGES ACCORDING TO LINK GUIDELINES AND MESSAGE TEXT INTO ONE OF FOUR ACCEPTABLE FORMATS. THE TRAINEE WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE STANDARD DESCRIPTIONS OF PERSONS AND VEHICLES, CONSTRUCT AND SENT A TWO-PART MESSAGE, AND INQUIRE AND RETRIEVE DRIVERS LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA. TRAINEES, WHOSE AGENCIES ARE AUTHORIZED, WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY FORMAT INQUIRIES FOR RETRIEVAL OF CRIMINAL HISTORIES. IN ADDITION, THE TRAINEE WILL LEARN TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE LINK AND NCIC SYSTEMS AND IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE OF EACH. INITIAL PROGRAM TOPICS INCLUDE SYSTEM 7, MESSAGE SWITCHING, THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TELETYPE SYSTEM, REGISTRATION QUERY, DRIVERS LICENSE QUERY, ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE, AND STANDARIZED ORIGINATING AGENCY IDENTIFIERS. SPECIALIZED QUERIES CONSIDERED INCLUDE CRIMINAL RECORDS, ARTICLES, BOATS, GUNS, RECOVERED GUNS, LICENSE PLATES, SECURITIES, VEHICLES, WANTED PERSONS, AND MISSING PERSONS. THE LOOSELEAF MANUAL INCLUDES DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--LWM)