UNITED STATES ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION

The 'U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division' ('CID') is an American federal law enforcement agency that investigates serious violations of military law within the United States Army.
CID was established on September 17, 1971 as a major Army command.
The mission of CID is to conduct and control all Army investigations of serious crimes, and less serious crimes upon request or as needed to enforce Army law or regulations; to provide CID services to all U.S. Army elements; to maintain full knowledge of, and overall responsibility for, Army investigations of offenses involving "controlled substances" as defined in Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 812; to plan for and provide personal security (protective service) for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), United States Department of the Army (DA), and other officials as directed; to plan and provide criminal intelligence collection and analysis; and to conduct sensitive or special interest investigations as directed by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army or higher authority. Some other felony crimes that are investigated by CID are: counter-drug investigations, counter-terrorism and counter-espionage (in conjunction with the FBI and Army counter-intelligence), rape, assault, robbery, homicide, cyber-crimes, fraud, and war crimes in the combat zone.
U.S. Army CID special agents are criminal investigators and therefore authorized to dress accordingly in professional suits, business/casual attire or comfortable jeans, in the course of their daily investigative responsibilities. When in the combat zone CID agents are also mandated to wear the standard Army camouflage ACU with kevlar helmet and vest. Due to the nature of their work, undercover assignments dictate further variations of attire in accordance with the specific duty.

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Organization

In Popular Culture

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Organization

CID is organized into six major subordinate organizations: 202nd MP Group (CID), 3rd MP Group (CID), 6th MP Group (CID), 701st MP Group (CID), U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory and the U.S. Army Crime Records Center.

In Popular Culture

★ CID Agent Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann works together with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in a few episodes of the CBS television show ''NCIS''.

★ C.I.D. investigators in the novel Catch-22 try to find out who has been forging Washington Irving's signature on official documents.

★ John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe portray CID agents in ''The General's Daughter''.

★ Jack Reacher, a fictional character created by Lee Child, was the leader of a Special Investigation unit within the CID that handled tough cases, especially those involving members of the United States Army Special Forces.

See also

★ Military police

★ United States Coast Guard Criminal Investigative Service (USCGCIS)

★ Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)

★ United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

★ United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (USAFOSI)

★ Policing in the United States

External links

★ CID home page

★ GlobalSecurity.org description of US CID