1、Department of Defense INSTRUCTION NUMBER 5505.19 February 3,2015 Incorporating Change 2,March 23,2017 IG DoD SUBJECT:Establishment of Special Victim Investigation and Prosecution(SVIP)Capability within the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations(MCIOs)References:See Enclosure 1 1.PURPOSE.This
2、instruction:a.Establishes policy,assigns responsibilities,and provides procedures for the MCIOs to implement a special victim capability in accordance with the authority in Appendix 3 of Title 5,United States Code(U.S.C.)(Reference(a)and DoD Directive(DoDD)5106.01(Reference(b)and pursuant to section
3、 573 of Public Law(P.L.)112-239(Reference(c).b.Implements the investigative portion of Reference(c)requiring each Military Service to establish a special victim capability comprised of specially trained MCIO investigators,judge advocates,paralegals,and victim witness assistance personnel to support
4、victims of covered special victim offenses.To avoid confusion with Special Victims Counsel programs,this capability will be referred to as the SVIP capability.c.Incorporates and cancels Directive-type Memorandum(DTM)14-002(Reference(d).2.APPLICABILITY.This instruction applies to OSD,the Military Dep