Evaluation of Military Services’ Law Enforcement Responses to Domestic Violence Incidents

Rec. B.1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force take prompt action to ensure that a comprehensive review of all criminal investigative databases and files is conducted to verify that all subjects of domestic violence incidents from 1998 to present are titled and indexed in the Defense Central Index of Investigation, as required by DoD Instruction 5505.07, "Titling and Indexing Subjects of Criminal Investigations in the Department of Defense," January 27, 2012.

Rec. B.1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force take prompt action to ensure that subject fingerprint cards and final disposition reports are collected and submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigations Criminal Justice Information Services Division database for all subjects that we determined were not submitted, as required by DoD Instruction 5505.11, "Fingerprint Card and Final Disposition Report Submission Requirements," July 21, 2014, as amended.

Rec. B.1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force take prompt action to ensure that DNA is collected and submitted to the Defense Forensics Science Center for submission to the Combined DNA Index System for all qualifying subjects that we determined were not submitted, as required by DoD Instruction 5505.14, "Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Collection Requirements for Criminal Investigations, Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Commanders," December 22, 2015.

Rec. B.1.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force take prompt action to ensure that the importance of complying with DoD and supplemental Military Service policies related to law enforcement's response to domestic violence incidents when collecting evidence, conducting interviews, notifying Family Advocacy Program staff members, and titling and indexing subjects in the Defense Central Index of Investigations is emphasized in writing to all law enforcement organizations.