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Defense Criminal Investigative Service
Abbreviation	DCIS
Badge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
Mission statement	Protect America's Warfighters by conducting investigations in support of crucial National Defense priorities.
Agency Overview
Legal personality	Governmental agency
Jurisdictional Structure
Federal agency	United States
General nature	Civilian agency Federal law enforcement
Operational Structure
Agency executive	Sharon E. Woods, Director
Parent agency	Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Defense
Website
http://www.dodig.mil/INV/DCIS/

The Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) is the criminal investigative arm of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

[edit] Mission

The mission of the DCIS is to "protect America's Warfighters" by conducting investigations in support of crucial National Defense priorities.

[edit] Agents and investigators

DCIS criminal investigators are Special Agents with full federal law enforcement authority; they carry firearms, investigate violations of U.S. law, execute search and arrest warrants, serve subpoenas, etc. DCIS Special Agents also investigate offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

[edit] Activities

The DoD Inspector General is tasked by statute to "initiate, conduct, and supervise such … investigations in the Department of Defense (including the military departments) as the Inspector General considers appropriate" (IG Act §8(c)(2)) and to "give particular regard to the activities of the internal . . investigative units of the military departments with a view toward avoiding duplication and insuring effective coordination and cooperation" (IG Act §8(c)(9)).

The DCIS devotes investigative resources to a number of investigative programs including:

• Terrorism
• Product Substitution (selling counterfeit or inferior parts to the DoD)
• Other contract fraud
• Cyber Crimes/Computer Intrusion
• Technology Transfers (illegal export of defense technology)
• Other Categories of Fraud (e.g., Bribery, kickbacks, Public Corruption and Major Thefts)

[edit] See also

[edit] JAG Corps

• Judge Advocate General's Corps

[edit] Federal law enforcement

• Special agent
• Military police
• Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)

[edit] Sister UCMJ military law enforcement agencies

• Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
• United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC)
• Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

[edit] External links

• www.dodig.mil
• www.dodig.mil (PDF)

v • d • e Agencies under the United States Department of Defense Headquarters: The Pentagon Secretary of Defense Deputy Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense · Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee · Office of Net Assessment · Pentagon Force Protection Agency · Defense Criminal Investigative Service Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Missile Defense Agency · Defense Contract Management Agency · Defense Logistics Agency · Defense Threat Reduction Agency · Office of Economic Adjustment · Defense Acquisition University · Business Transformation Agency Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Defense Security Cooperation Agency · Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Defense Contract Audit Agency · Defense Finance and Accounting Service Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Defense Commissary Agency · Department of Defense Education Activity · DoD Human Resources Activity · Military Health System · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute · Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Counterintelligence Field Activity · Defense Intelligence Agency · Defense Security Service · Defense Information Systems Agency · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · National Reconnaissance Office · National Security Agency Military Departments Secretary of the Army · Secretary of the Navy · Secretary of the Air Force United States Army · United States Navy  · United States Air Force  · United States Marine Corps · Joint Chiefs of Staff · Unified Combatant Command

v • d • e   United States military law enforcement U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACIDC) • U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) • U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) • Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) • Pentagon Police