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1Background2Responsibilities3Priorities4Organization5Locations6Special Agents7Selection and training8See also9References10External links6parker.com 6park.com
Background[edit]
DCIS serves as the criminal investigative arm of the Department of Defense Inspector General. DoD IG was created in 1981 by an amendment to the Inspector General Act of 1978.6parker.com 6park.com
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Responsibilities[edit]
It is the obligation of the DoD Inspector General to "initiate, conduct, and supervise such...investigations in the Department of Defense (including the military departments) as the Inspector General considers appropriate" (IG Act Sec. 8(c)(2)) and to "provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities...to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in...[DoD] programs and operations (IG Act Sec. 2(2))."6parker.com 6park.com
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Priorities[edit]
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DCIS special agentsinvestigate cyber crime within DoD.6parker.com 6park.com
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DCIS special agents protect critical military technologies.6parker.com 6park.com
DCIS' current investigative priorities include:6parker.com 6park.com
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Significant fraud and corruption impacting crucial DoD operations, with particular emphasis upon schemes impacting the health, safety, welfare, or mission﹔eadiness of U.S. troops.6parker.com 6park.com
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Significant procurement and acquisition fraud, corruption, and other financial crimes which result in multi﹎illion dollars losses, thus depriving DoD of critically﹏eeded funds that would otherwise be utilized to finance vital national defense initiatives.6parker.com 6park.com
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Defective, substituted, counterfeit, or substandard products introduced into the DoD acquisition system, with particular emphasis upon allegations involving troop safety[1]and/or mission﹔eadiness.6parker.com 6park.com
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Illegal theft, export, diversion, transfer, or proliferation of sensitive DoD technology, systems, weapons, and equipment, with particular emphasis upon allegations involving targeted foreign nations, organized international criminal organizations, or potentially hostile entities apt to utilize said items in furtherance of assaults against U.S. military forces.6parker.com 6park.com
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Health care fraud committed by providers that involves (a) quality of care, unnecessary care, or failure to provide care to Tricare〆ligible service members, retirees, dependents, or survivors; or (b) significant direct loss to DoD's Tricare Management Activity.6parker.com 6park.com
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Computer intrusions and other cyber crimes that result in (a) serious compromises of the Global Information Grid; (b) exfiltration of sensitive DoD data or large volumes of personally identifiable information pertaining to civilian DoD employees or service members; or (c) potential contractual violations on the part of a DoD contractor.6parker.com 6park.com
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Organization[edit]
DCIS is led by the Deputy Inspector General for Investigations. The Deputy Inspector General for Investigations is cross-designated as the Director of DCIS.6parker.com 6park.com
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DCIS Headquarters is organized into three functional branches. Each branch is managed by an Assistant Inspector General who is cross-designated as a Deputy Director of DCIS.6parker.com 6park.com
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Investigative OperationsInternational OperationsInternal OperationsLocations[edit]
DCIS is headquartered in Alexandria, Va, and maintains a presence in over 50 separate domestic and international locales. Field offices are situated in the following locations:6parker.com 6park.com
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Mid Atlantic Field Office, VirginiaNortheast Field Office, MassachusettsSoutheast Field Office, GeorgiaSouthwest Field Office, TexasWestern Field Office, CaliforniaEach field office is responsible for overseeing multiple subordinate resident agencies and posts of duties located throughout the United States.6parker.com 6park.com
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At present, DCIS maintains a presence in the following international locations:6parker.com 6park.com
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Bagram Air Base, AfghanistanKuwait City, KuwaitWiesbaden, GermanyDoha, QatarSeoul, South KoreaSpecial Agents[edit]
Pursuant to Title 10 of the United States Code §1585, DCIS Special Agents conducting, supervising, or coordinating investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the Department of Defense have the authority to execute and serve any warrant or other process issued under the authority of the United States; to make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of that agent; and to make arrests without a warrant for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the agent has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing the felony.6parker.com 6park.com
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Authorization for Special Agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to carry firearms while assigned investigative duties or other duties as the Secretary may prescribe can be found in 10 U.S. Code §1585(a).6parker.com 6park.com
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Selection and training[edit]
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DCIS special agents participate in firearms training at FLETC.6parker.com 6park.com
To be considered for a DCIS special agent position, an individual must: Be a U.S. citizen, age between 21 and 37 years, pass screening, background investigation and have exceptional communication skills.6parker.com 6park.com
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DCIS special agent candidates initially receive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located in Glynco, Georgia. They attend FLETC's basic training course for special agents, the Criminal Investigator Training Program, which lasts about 13 weeks and represents the beginning or basic training received by DCIS special agents. Later, agents may return to FLETC to attend specialized training in contractor fraud, money laundering, computer crimes, advanced interview techniques, etc. 6park.com