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Special Investigations Officer

Manages and conducts special investigations, including criminal, fraud, counterintelligence and internal security, along with technical services investigations and other related activities.

Duties

Special investigations officers are responsible for coordinating and conducting joint investigations and operations with agencies such as protective services to the U.S. State Department and the Secret Service for the President, first family and other high-level U.S. and foreign dignitaries. They conduct operational coordination with counterintelligence, investigative and law enforcement agencies and provide information, formal studies or reports to Air Force commanders and air staff officials on trends and patterns of irregularities, weaknesses and offenses in the counterintelligence, criminal, fraud and technical services area.

Special investigations officers use their knowledge and training to monitor and direct special investigations activities, then analyze and disseminate information of counterintelligence, criminal, fraud, internal security and technical services nature to Air Force commanders and other federal, state and local agencies. They also provide counterintelligence support to Air Force participation in international arms control treaties and manage counterintelligence, criminal and fraud intelligence information collection systems.

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