Criminal Investigation Department (Kenya)

Kenya Police Criminal Investigation Department now referred as Directorate of Criminal Investigations, is a semi autonomous directorate of the National Police Service responsible for investigating complex cases.Almost same as The FBI [1] It is referred by the initials DCI.[2] It is headed by a Director who reports to the Inspector General of Police. Due to the sensitivity of the position, the Director of the CID is appointed by the President of Kenya. The CID headquarters are located on Kiambu Road, Nairobi.[3]

This department is further divided into sub-departments, namely:

Directorates at Headquarters

  • Administration Directorate
  • Operations Directorate
  • Investigation Directorate
  • Forensic Directorate
  • Crime Research Intelligence Bureau
  • National Central Bureau
  • Counter Terrorism Centre of Excellence.
  • Criminal Intelligence Unit
  • Public Complaints
  • Inspections
  • Logistics
  • Reforms
  • Legal & Crime Affairs

Formations

  • ATPU
  • KAPU
  • Railways
  • DCI Academy

Regional and County Command Level

DCI command spreads out from the Headquarters to regions, counties, sub counties and DCI offices in their service provision. At the regional level, there are Regional Criminal Investigations Officers (RCIOs) who are directly responsible to the Director for effective administration of their respective regions.

In every county, the DCI is headed by a County Criminal Investigation Officer (CCIO) who reports to the RCIO. Under CCIOs are the Sub-County Criminal Investigation Officers (SCCIOs) and Officers in-charge of Sub-offices in crime prone areas.

There are 8 regional, 47 County Directorate Offices and 3 Formations (ATPU, KAPU, DCI Academy & Railways) and over 297 Sub-counties countrywide. The RCIOs who replaced the former Provincial Criminal Investigations Officers (PCIOs) manage counties within their regions and report to the Director on all matters affecting the Directorate.

Functions of DCI

  • To collect and provide criminal intelligence;
  • To undertake Investigations on serious crimes including homicide, narcotics crimes, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism,economic crimes, piracy, organized crimes, and cyber crime among others;
  • To maintain law and order;
  • To detect and prevent crimes;
  • To apprehend offenders;
  • To maintain criminal records;
  • To conduct forensic analysis.

Completion of Forensic Science Laboratory

Kenya's DCI tasked primarily with intelligence gathering and evidence collection where crimes of a complex nature have occurred. The accomplishment of the above received a major boost following the completion of the police forensic laboratory.

The over ksh 5.7 forensic lab is fully equipped and staffed at a cost estimated at Ksh. 5.7 billion is located at its headquarters at Mazingira House Kiambu Road.[4]

The Biological, Chemistry, Toxicological and DNA laboratories are housed in the newly constructed multi-million shillings National Police Service Forensic Laboratory. Detectives have embraced science to solve complex crimes. Detectives are now able to analyse samples collected from the scenes of serious crimes such as murders, attempted murders, hijackings, house robberies and possession of illegal firearms in the, a departure from the past.[5]

Directors of Criminal Investigations
S/NO. RANK NAME FROM TO
1. SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE MR. NEIL STEWART M.M 1935 1949
2. ACP MR. ALFED W. RIGGS 1950 1951
3. ACP MR. JOHN TIMMERMAN 1951 1955
4. ACP MR. HUGH R. WALKER 1956 1957
5. S/ACP MR. LESLIE.G MITCHELL 1957 1960
6. S/ACP MR. THOMAS P. McBRIERLEY 1960 1965
7. S/ACP MR. PETER O. OCHIENG 1965 1974
8. DCP MR. IGNATIUS I. NDERI 1974 1984
9. S/DCP MR. NOAH N. TOO 1984 1999
10. S/DCPI MR. FRANCIS K. SANG 1999 2003
11. S/DCPII MR. DANIEL T. NDUNG’U 2003 2004
12. SDCP1 MR. JOSEPH M.KAMAU 2004 2006
13. DCP MR. SIMON K. GATIBA 2006 2010
14. DCI MR. FRANCIS N. MUHORO 2010 2018
15. DCI MR. GEORGE M. KINOTI 2018 DATE

See also

References
  1. "Home". www.cid.go.ke. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. "Career as Crime Investigation Department (CID) Officer - How to Become, Courses, Job Profile, Salary & Scope". www.collegedekho.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. "Directorate of Criminal Investigation". www.nationalpolice.go.ke. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. "Directorate Of Criminal Investigation Kenya- CID; Component Units – Strategic Intelligence Service". Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. "(2010) Crime and Development in Kenya".


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