Mission
The primary mission of the CID, according to the organization's website, is to:
- Investigate serious felony level crime (murder, rape, kidnapping, child abuse, etc.)
- Conduct sensitive and/or serious investigations
- Collect, analyze and disseminate criminal intelligence
- Conduct protective service operations
- Provide forensic laboratory support
- Maintain Army criminal records
Additionally, CID may perform the following special missions:
- Perform logistical security, from manufacturers to soldiers on the battlefield
- Develop criminal intelligence to develop countermeasures to combat subversive activities on the battlefield
- Criminal investigations to include war crimes and in some cases crimes against coalition forces and host nation personnel
- Protective service operations for key personnel on and off the battlefield
Read more about this topic: United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
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