The request is sent through the field office to the USACIL commander for approval.
Judge Advocate Office.
The judge advocate provides legal assistance to MP
investigators in the conduct of investigations.
Supervisors are responsible to
ensure coordination is maintained with staff judge advocate personnel by their
investigators. This will help facilitate successful investigations.
.0015 Contingency Fund. This is a fund of the Secretary of the Army that is made
available to USACIDC for emergency and unusual expenditures incurred during
investigations and crime prevention. The use of .0015 funds are restricted to the
support of criminal investigation and crime prevention for which the Army has
jurisdiction.
The substitution of .0015 funds for other appropriated funds to compensate for a
lack of anticipated requirements is prohibited.
Under no circumstances are .0015
funds used to pay settlement claims for injury or damage.
AR 195-4 provides guidance for the distribution, handling, and administration of
.0015 contingency funds. It will be available at your station for reference.
PART H - ASSURE PROPER USE AND MAINTENANCE OF MPI RECORDS AND FORMS
Records
Military police investigators are required to keep various files for specific
investigations.
The records that will be discussed in this section include the
following:
o
Informant files.
o
Liaison files.
o
Modus operandi files.
o
Missing or recovered property files.
Informant File. Each informant is assigned a code number by the supervisor of the
MPI section. The informant's name should never appear outside of the master file.
Identities must be kept confidential.
Informant files are maintained by the MPI supervisor in the MPI section.
Access to
the files is limited. Complete security of the files must be maintained.
Informant files contain the following information on each informant:
o
Occupation.
o
Associates.
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