Special agents get their start on Fort Leonard Wood

 The U.S. Army's version of crime scene investigators get their start on Fort Leonard Wood attending the U.S. Army Military Police School, or USAMPS.

It takes 15 weeks to earn the title of criminal investigations special agent (historically called CID agents) for select Soldiers, who are specialized in crime-scene investigation, evidence gathering and laws of the science.

The CID Special Agent Course, or CIDSAC, syllabus covers law, code to include the Uniform Code of Military Justice, unarmed self-defense, subject apprehension, firearms training and qualification, crime-scene processing and drugs and weapons undercover operations.

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