U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
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United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) conducts and controls all Army investigations of serious crimes. CID is a worldwide command with fewer than 2000 Soldiers and civilians and approximately 900 special agents.
[edit] History
During World War I, General John J. Pershing ordered the creation of a separate Criminal Investigation Division (CID) within the MP Corps to prevent and detect crime among the American Expeditionary Force in France. The acronym CID, as the Criminal Investigation Command is commonly referred to, retains the “D” today as a historical reminder of the first Criminal Investigation Division formed in 1918 during World War I. Criminal investigation activities were not centralized until 1971, when Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird directed the formation of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. CID officially became a command on September 17, 1971.
