FBI Criminal Investigative Division

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.

Criminal Investigative Division
Emblem of the Criminal Investigative Division
CountryUnited States
AgencyFederal Bureau of Investigation
Part ofCriminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
HeadquartersJ. Edgar Hoover Building
Washington, D.C.
AbbreviationCID
Commanders
Current
commander		Assistant Director Luis M. Quesada[1]

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
  1. "Luis M. Quesada". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. FBI National Press Office


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