FBI Criminal Investigative Division

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Criminal Investigative Division
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Emblem of the Criminal Investigative Division
Country United States
Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation
Part of Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
Headquarters J. Edgar Hoover Building
Washington, D.C.
AbbreviationCID
Commanders
Current
commander		AD - Jose A. Perez

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.

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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. [1] 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 Commander, Assistant Director Jose A. Perez.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "FBI Criminal Investigation Unit".


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