Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5525.16
August 29, 2013
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Law Enforcement Defense Data Exchange (LE D-DEx)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction:
a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for law enforcement criminal justice
information (CJI) sharing through the LE D-DEx, by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) of
DoD in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)) and Secretary of
Defense Correspondence Action Report (Reference (b)).
b. Designates the LE D-DEx as the authorized DoD integrated CJI sharing system in
accordance with the authority in Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (c)).
c. Identifies the duties of the Secretary of the Navy as the DoD Lead Component Head for
the LE D-DEx in accordance with the authority in Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness Memorandum (Reference (d).
d. Establishes the LE D-DEx Board of Governance (BoG) pursuant to DoD Instruction
(DoDI) 5105.18 (Reference (e)).
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 (referred to collectively in
this instruction as the “DoD Components”).
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. DoD LEAs share CJI across organizational boundaries to enhance the Department’s crime
prevention and investigative lead sharing.
b. CJI sharing within DoD must be accomplished through the LE D-DEx.
