March 13, 2023
(1) This transmits revised IRM 9.11.3, Investigative Property.
(1) Updated Acronym Table with current acronyms.
(2) Subsection 9.11.3.4.2(f) updated verbiage to state “Upon request, forwarding copies of all approved disposal documentation to the Director of AKM; the original disposal documentation will be maintained in the originating office”.
(3) Subsection 9.11.3.4.3(g) updated verbiage to “Upon request, forwarding all inventory reports to the AKM with a copy to the Director, Field Operations”.
(4) Subsection 9.11.3.4.3(h) updated verbiage to “Upon request, forwarding copies of all approved disposal documentation through the Director, Field Operations, to AKM the original disposal documentation will be maintained in the originating office”
(5) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(1) removed the numbered dates and added verbiage “Criminal Investigation offices will conduct an annual physical inventory of investigative equipment and investigative accessories and supplies tracked in CIMIS within the prescribed timeframe in the 4th quarter of each fiscal year. Corrective actions must be made to the CIMIS Database prior to end of the 4th quarter.”
(6) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(2) updated verbiage to state “In order to maintain the proper separation of duties, an individual conducting a physical inventory of equipment cannot have custody or control of the equipment being inventoried or be assigned CIMIS equipment roles that allow manipulation to the CIMIS database”.
(7) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(3) added verbiage “Because of the ability to convert into a spreadsheet and manipulate the data, CIMIS Report EQR03 (Equipment Inventory) will not be generated to conduct the annual inventory.”
(8) Subsection 9.11.3.9(1), 9.11.3.10.2(1), and 9.11.3.10.2(2) updated “Planning, Research, & Analysis” to “AKM”.
(9) Subsection 9.11.3.9.1(8) & (9) updated NCITA to AKM
(10) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(3) updated verbiage to state “The CI Property Officer will prepare the SF-120, Report of Excess Property, and provide to FMSS Office”.
(11) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(4) updated verbiage to state “The Facilities Management custody and property officer will provide CI’s property office with a copy of the signed SF-120”.
(12) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(5) updated verbiage to state “When property leaves CI’s custody, the CIMIS Coordinator will enter that disposition in CIMIS. The appropriate disposition code will be entered in CIMIS to accurately record the reason for disposal of the item”.
(13) Subsections 9.11.3.8.1(3), (4), (5), and (6) added verbiage “IRS-issued and/or authorized personally-owned”,
(14) Subsection 9.11.3.8.1(4) added verbiage “. If the safety locking device used permits, the firearm should be stored holstered in the safety locking device, ready for duty carry. If the safety locking device does not permit the weapon to be stored holstered, extra care should be taken to store the loaded and unholstered weapon inside the device.”.
(15) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(1) Added verbiage “or approved for use”.
(16) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(2) replaced .40 caliber with 9mm. Replaced 224 with 5MOS. Replaced 23 with 19MOS. Updated 27 to 26. Removed last sentence of the paragraph and added “Special agents will be issued one of these pistols on a permanent basis and will retain their assigned pistol during their entire career unless the weapon is recalled for repair or replacement. In addition, the Smith and Wesson AR-15 carbine and the Beretta 1301 shotgun are the standard-issue long-guns to trained members of the IRS-CI long-gun cadre. Members of the long-gun will be issued one or both of these firearms long-guns on a permanent basis depending on weapon availability.”
(17) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(3) deleted whole section and added new relevant information.
(18) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(4) added verbiage “While any Special Agents assigned to the cover team of an undercover operation are generally prohibited from solely carrying a POW as the primary handgun, the SAC may authorize members of the cover team to carry the POW as the primary handgun on an undercover operation if the need for extreme conceal ability enhances the safety of the undercover agent and/or the cover team (i.e. members of the cover team sitting in a public setting such as a restaurant in close proximity to the undercover agent.)
(19) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(8) updated verbiage to current procedures and added “Any agent wishing to use an optical sight on his/her duty handgun must complete the CI Pistol Optics Transition Course prior to carrying the optic on duty. If an agent wishes to carry an optic on his/her POW , then the agent must have already completed the CI Pistol Optics Transition Course and must already carry an optic on the CI-issued pistol.”
(20) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(9) added exceptions “1-Changing stocks, pistol grips, and fore ends on the AR-15 rifle. Replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as buffer tube springs, gas rings, bolts, barrels, etc. with factory spec parts. 2-Changing stocks, barrels and fore ends on the Beretta shotgun. Replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as ejectors, extractors, etc. with factory spec parts. 3-Changing sights, magazine releases, slide-stops and triggers on the Glock pistols and replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as recoil springs, trigger springs, extractors, etc. with factory spec parts. 4-Using grip sleeves or grip tape (i.e. Hogue Hand-All or Talon-type Grips) on Glock pistols. 5-Adding a Streamlight or Surefire weapon light to a personally-owned weapon.”
(21) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4.1(4) removed paragraph.
(22) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4.2(2) updated the “Ammunition Type” table to include “Official Duty Round” and “Training Round”.
(23) Additional revisions, deletions, and grammatical changes were made throughout the section, that did not result in substantive changes but contributed to procedural clarity of the subject matter.
Guy A. Ficco FOR
James C. Lee
Chief, Criminal Investigation
POW = Personally Owned Weapon
Wow. Do you feel safer now? Me, neither.