U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
| United States Army Criminal Investigation Command | |
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| Abbreviation | CID |
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| Motto | Do what has to be done |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | September 17, 1971 |
| Employees | 2,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Federal agency | United States |
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| Headquarters | Marine Corps Base, Quantico |
| Special Agents | 900 |
| Agency executive | MG Mark S. Inch, Provost Marshal General |
| Parent agency | Department of the Army |
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| http://www.cid.army.mil | |
The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC, usually abbreviated as just CID) investigates felony crimes and serious violations of military law within the United States Army. The command is a separate military investigative force with investigative autonomy; CID special agents report through the CID chain of command to the USACIDC Commanding General, who reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Secretary of the Army. By position, the USACIDC commanding general is also the Army's Provost Marshal General.
The command does not charge individuals with crimes; instead, CID investigates allegations and turns official findings over to the appropriate command and legal authority for disposition and adjudication. CID exercises jurisdiction over military personnel who are suspected of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, as well as civilian personnel when there is probable cause to believe the person has committed an offense under the criminal laws of the United States with a nexus to the U.S. Army. CID special agents may be military personnel (NCOs or warrant officers), or appointed civilian personnel.
Within the United States Army, CID has exclusive jurisdiction in the investigation of all serious, felony level crimes with the exception of certain national security crimes such as espionage, treason, and certain aspects of international terrorism. Investigative jurisdiction in these crimes resides with U.S. Army Counterintelligence, although joint and parallel investigations between these two U.S. Army investigative entities can and do happen depending on specific circumstances (most commonly with terrorism investigations).
USACIDC was established as a United States Army command in 1971 and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia. Worldwide, the organization has slightly fewer than 3,000 soldiers and civilians, of whom approximately 900 are special agents. The initialism "USACIDC" is used to refer to the Army command itself, while criminal investigation personnel and operations are commonly referred to using the shortened initialism "CID", which has its history in the original Criminal Investigation Division formed during World War I and is still retained today for continuity purposes.
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