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FM 19-20 Investigative Process

FM 19-20

Investigative Process

Army · FM · Nov 1985 · 279 pages

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PART ONE CONDUCTING SYSTEMATIC INQUIRIES CHAPTER 1 The Investigator's Purview Military law enforcement investigations are official inquiries into crimes involving the military community. As a military investigator you will conduct systematic and impartial investigations to uncover the truth. You will seek to determine if a crime has been committed and to discover evidence of who has committed it. You will find, protect, collect, and preserve evidence discovered at the crime scene or elsewhere. You will document your findings and your actions with careful records. You will ensure evidence is accounted for by a complete chain of custody to allow it to be admissible in court. You will conduct interviews and interrogations in a manner that ensures depositions, statements, admissions, and confessions can be accepted in court.

DesignationFM 19-20

EditionNov 1985

StatusSuperseded

Pages279

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionRecent Archive

References 4

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