Army begins hiring additional criminal investigators to improve case load

By Mike Brest

Published October 21, 2021 5:35pm ET

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Army begins hiring additional criminal investigators to improve case load — Military personnel wait for a news conference to begin at Fort Hood, Texas, on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. A gunman opened fire in an attack that left four people killed including the shooter, at the same post where more than a dozen people were killed in a 2009 mass shooting, law enforcement officials said. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. At least 14 people were hurt in the shooting. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Deborah Cannon) | Deborah Cannon

The U.S. Army has begun hiring more investigators and support staff in an effort to correct widespread failures in the investigatory process that came to light last year following a rash of crimes, including murder, that took place at Fort Hood, Texas.

The new head of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, Gregory Ford, said on Wednesday that the division is looking to fill 90 positions, according to the Associated Press.

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