BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE 71-1
1 JULY 2019
Special Investigations
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
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RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: SAF/IGX
Supersedes: AFPD 71-1,
13 November 2015
Certified by: SAF/IG
(Lt Gen Sami D. Said)
Pages: 16
This Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD)
5505.13E, DoD Executive Agent (EA) for the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3); DoDD 5200.27,
Acquisition of Information Concerning Persons and Organizations not Affiliated with the
Department of Defense; DoDD 5205.15E, DoD Forensic Enterprise (DFE); DoDD 5210.48,
Credibility Assessment (CA) Program; DoDD 5240.06, Counterintelligence Awareness and
Reporting (CIAR); DoDD 5505.06, Investigations of Allegations Against Senior DoD Officials;
Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) O-2000.22, Designation and Physical Protection of
DoD High-Risk Personnel; DoDI 3305.11, DoD Counterintelligence (CI) Training and
Certification; DoDI 5210.91, Polygraph and Credibility Assessment (PCA) Procedures; DoDD
5240.02, Counterintelligence (CI); DoDI 5240.04, Counterintelligence (CI) Investigations; DoDI
5240.05, Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM); DoDI S-5240.09, (U) Offensive
Counterintelligence Operations (OFCO); DoDI 5240.10, Counterintelligence (CI) in the
Combatant Commands and Other DoD Components; DoDI 5240.16, Counterintelligence
Functional Services (CIFS); DoDI S-5240.17, (U) Counterintelligence Collection Activities
(CCA); DoDI 5240.18, Counterintelligence (CI) Analysis and Production; DoDI 5240.19,
Counterintelligence Support to the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP); DoDI O-
5240.21, Counterintelligence (CI) Inquiries; DoDI 5240.27, Joint Counterintelligence Training
Activity (JCITA)05; DoDI 5400.15, Guidance on Obtaining Information from Financial
Institutions; DoDI 5505.02, Criminal Investigations of Fraud Offenses; DoDI 5505.03, Initiation
of Investigations by Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations; DoDI 5505.07, Titling and
Indexing in Criminal Investigations; DoDI 5505.08, Military Criminal Investigative
Organizations (MCIO) and Other DoD Law Enforcement Organizations Investigations of Adult,
Private, Consensual Sexual Misconduct; DoDI O-5505.09, Interception of Wire, Electronic, and