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NCIC
Ans: The national crime information center (operated by the
department of justice (DOJ))
One of the primary electronic records retrieval tools for the
nations law enforcement agencies
NLETS
Ans: National law enforcement telecommunications sy stem
(controlled and operated by individual states)
One of the primary electronic records retrieval tools for the
nations law enforcement agencies
The department of justice
Ans: Contributes to the NCIC/NLETS system integrity through
automated computer edits that rejects certain types of
erroneous data automated purges of records after they are on
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file for a prescribed time period, quality controls checks, and
periodic validation of records by entering agencies
NCIC role
Ans: Computerized database & network system that serves the
nations criminal justice organizations in all 50 U.S. states, the
District of Colombia, US possessions/territories, and canada
NLETS role
Ans: International justice and public safety network. Makes
certain state and local data from all 50 states available to
legitimate users of the system
NCIC/NLETS
Ans: Are integrated systems and can be used simultaneously
through he same user logon
Originating Agency Identifier (ORI) File
Ans: 9 character identifier assigned by NCIC to an agency in
order to identify the agency in transactions on the NCIC system
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