CID

CID

Organization within the United Stars Armed Forces

United Stars Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC, usually abbreviated as just CID) investigates felony crimes and serious violations of military law within all United Stars Armed Forces.(Except the Union Fleet) but has juristiction if CIS (Navy) is not available or present. 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 Council of the Armed Forces of the Assembly-. By position, the USACIDC commanding general is also the Army&apos;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 Stars. 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 national security crimes such as; treason, espionage, sedition, subversion, and support to international terrorist organizations. Jurisdiction in the investigation of these crimes resides with Army Counterintelligence  and  NAVINT (CI) Special Agents; however, joint investigations with U.S. Army CI do happen periodically. USACIDC was established as a United States Army command in 2290 and is headquartered at Union One Planet. Union Wide the Organization has fewer than 50,000 Soldiers and Civilians., of whom approximately 12,900 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