The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) is a division within the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The CID is the primary component within the FBI responsible for overseeing FBI investigations of traditional crimes such as narcotics trafficking and violent crime.
Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
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Common name | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Abbreviation | FBI |
Motto | Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity |
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Formed | July 26, 1908 |
Employees | 35,104[1] (October 31, 2014) |
Annual budget | US$8.3 billion (FY 2014)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | United States |
Operations jurisdiction | United States |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | U.S. Department of Justice |
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Headquarters | J. Edgar Hoover Building Northwest, Washington, D.C. |
Sworn members | 13,260 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
Unsworn members | 18,306 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
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Child agencies | |
Major units | 5
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Field offices | 56 (List of FBI Field Offices) |
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The CID is the FBI's largest operational division, with 4,800 field special agents, 300 intelligence analysts, and 520 Headquarters employees. Following the September 11 terror attacks, the CID was dramatically restructured with a significant portion of its resources being diverted into the new FBI National Security Branch.
Leadership
Headed by an FBI Assistant Director, the CID is responsible to the Executive Assistant Director of the FBI Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch.
The current CID Assistant Director is Calvin Shivers.[2]
Organization
The CID's organizational structure was reorganized during FY 2004 by FBI leadership in an effort to better reflect current trends in criminal activity.
- Branch I (Criminal Enterprise Branch)
- Transnational Organized Crime-Western Hemisphere Section – addresses drugs, gangs, and major thefts
- Transnational Organized Crime-Eastern Hemisphere Section
- Transnational Criminal Enterprise Section – investigate organized crime matters
- Violent Crime Section
- Organized Crime Section
- Violent Crimes Against Children Section
- Branch II (National Crimes Branch)
- Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section
- Financial Crime Section
- Investigative Support Section
- National Covert Operations Section
- Intelligence Branch
- Criminal Intelligence Section
- Operational Support Section
References
- ^ a b c d "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ FBI National Press Office
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