a data processing and records management system including one or more computers with one or more processors and one or more data storage means operatively coupled to said one or more processors, said data processing and records management system being configured and arranged to:

receive a subject query from a system user that contains information identifying a subject;

conduct a search for a subject packet containing information that matches said information identifying said subject by accessing a database of subject packets and other data stored on said one or more data storage means;

determine whether a match exists between said subject and any one of said subject packets in said database;

when said match is found not to exist between said subject and any of said subject packets, generate and send a negative response to a local digital computer or mobile digital device of the system user;

when said match is found to exist between said subject and at least one of said subject packets, determine a status classification of said at least one of said subject packets, and generate and send a confirmation response to the system user based upon said status classification; and

generate a summary returns screen for display on said local digital computer or mobile digital device of the system user, said summary returns screen comprising a status classification section and a state data section, said status classification section including: (i) an intel sub-section, (ii) a prior investigation sub-section, and (iii) a media uploads sub-section, and said summary returns screen displaying a summary of database information identified as matching that of said subject being searched.