Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5505.07
January 27, 2012
IG DoD
SUBJECT: Titling and Indexing Subjects of Criminal Investigations in the Department of
Defense
References: (a) DoD Directive 5106.01, “Inspector General of the Department of Defense,”
April 13, 2006
(b) DoD Instruction 5505.7, “Titling and Indexing Subjects of Criminal
Investigations in the Department of Defense,” January 7, 2003 (hereby
cancelled)
(c) Public Law 106-398, “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2001,” October 30, 2000
(d) DoD Directive 5400.11, “DoD Privacy Program,” May 8, 2007
(e) DoD 5400.11-R, “Department of Defense Privacy Program,” May 14, 2007
(f) Appendix 3 of title 5, United States Code (also known as “The Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended”)
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in Reference (a), this Instruction:
a. Reissues Reference (b) to establish policy and assign responsibilities that provide a
uniform standard for titling and indexing subjects of criminal investigations in the DoD.
b. Prescribes procedures to create a uniform process that allows people named in criminal
investigative reports or indexed in the Defense Central Index of Investigations (DCII) a chance
to obtain a review of such actions, as required by Reference (c).
2. APPLICABILITY
. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS
. See Glossary.
