# Justice Manual § 9-65.600: Assaults on and Kidnapping of Federal Officers

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.600

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 9-65.600
- **Heading:** Assaults on and Kidnapping of Federal Officers
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DOJ Justice Manual / Title 9: Criminal / 9-65.000 - Protection Of Government Officials / Justice Manual § 9-65.600

## Text

The Violent Crime and Racketeering Section (VCRS) or Human Rights and Special Prosecutions (HRSP) Section (if international) has supervisory authority over 18 U.S.C. §§ 111 and 1114.

All assaults on, kidnapping of, and murders of Federal officers will be investigated exclusively by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) except:

The FBI does not, at the request of the Treasury Department, investigate assaults on, kidnapping of, or murders of any Treasury Department personnel. This includes Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Customs. However, if the Bureau believes that its absence from a case is materially affecting the interests of justice, it is to call this to the attention of the Attorney General.
In accordance with an agreement between the Postal Service and the Justice Department, investigative jurisdiction of offenses in Postal Service buildings against postal laws, or involving, among other things, offenses committed by postal employees, is with the Postal Service inspectors. Thus, the responsibility for investigating the large majority of cases involving postal employees that can be expected to arise under 18 U.S.C. § 111 will be with the postal inspectors. FBI investigation of assaults on, kidnapping of, and murders of Postal Service employees is limited to the following three situations: (1) assaults, kidnapping, or homicides of postal employees which are incidental to some other crime which is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI; (2) assaults, kidnapping, or homicides of Postal Inspectors believed to have been committed by persons who are not employees of the Postal Service; (3) in any other situation where the FBI is directed by the Department of Justice to investigate.

[updated January 2020]

## Nearby sections

- [Justice Manual § 9-65.100 Protection of the President, Presidential Staff, and Certain Secret Service Protectees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.100.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.110 Protection of the President and Secret Service Protectees—Notification Requirement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.110.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.140 Publicity Concerning Threats Against Government Officials](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.140.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.200 Threats Against the President and Successors to the Presidency; Threats Against Former Presidents; and Certain Other Secret Service Protectees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.200.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.300 Presidential Assassination Statute—18 U.S.C. § 1751](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.300.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.400 Protection of Temporary Residences and Offices of the President and Other Secret Service Protectees (18 U.S.C. § 1752)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.400.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.402 Presidential Visit-United States Attorney's Responsibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.402.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.463 Competency—Utilization of Federal Facility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.463.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.500 Interference with or Obstruction of the Secret Service—18 U.S.C. § 3056(d)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.500.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.600 Assaults on and Kidnapping of Federal Officers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.600.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.611 General Prosecutive Policy Under 18 U.S.C. § 111](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.611.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.700 Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court Assassination, Kidnapping, and Assault (18 U.S.C. § 351)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.700.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.800 Protection of Foreign Officials, Internationally Protected Persons (IPPs) and Official Guests](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.800.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-65.810 Prosecutive Policy—Preference for Local Disposition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-65.810.md)

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