Modify Violent Gang Member or Terrorist

The purpose of a modify message is to add data to, delete data from, or change data which is a part of a record. The modify violent gang or terrorist member message must be made only by the agency that originally entered the record. To modify a record it must be identified by name and NCIC number. Name must be exactly the same as it appears on the original entry, including spelling.  These data items are used to identify the record to be modified, and as such they cannot be modified themselves.

Use of this message is mandatory by a C ORI on release of a record subject from incarceration if XXXXXXXX was originally entered in the DOP Field. With respect to all data in the record except for name and vehicle-related information, deletion of data will cause the same data in the supplemental record to become part of the base record.

Modifying changes the content of a record by substituting other data or adding new data to an established record. Deleting an item takes the item out of the record without substituting new data. . To delete data from an existing record, use the pound sign (#) in the field you wish to delete.

While both supplement and modify transactions may be used to add information to an already established missing person record; the supplement transaction is used to add information to a field that already has information in it.  The modify transaction may be used to add information to a record when a field was left empty on the original entry transaction.