Talk:Criminal Investigations Department

Rather than merging this page with the entry on the British CID, with which it seems to be unconnected, perhaps it would be better to rename this entry. e.g. "Departments of Criminal Investigation" or "Criminal Investigation Agencies", or even just "CID around the world" just to avoid any confusion. Any thoughts? - JamieB, 29 Aug 2005
 * Basically, this article is a mess. "The Criminal Investigations Department, or CID is a section of police around the world who deal with the examination and detection of crimes. While in some areas they go under the name of CID, in other areas they are given different names." So why is this article entitled "Criminal Investigations Department", when most police agencies do not use the term? "The CID in the United States is the Federal Bureau of Investigation." No it's not, since the term CID is not generally used in the USA. The common use of CID is for the Criminal Investigation Department (singular) of British police forces and those derived from them. The term "CID" is completely inappropriate when referring to agencies which do not use the term. There needs to some definition of what this article is actually about, since at the moment it seems to be using a specific term to refer to detective branches/agencies in general, and then deals only with India and the USA. -- Necrothesp 13:43, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree fully with Necrothesp above, this page is wrongly titled and should be renamed, not merged with the article on British CID. UkPaolo 21:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Looking more closely, it seems that the contents of this page was basically to link to the FBI and the CBI. I've therefore merged this info with the article at Criminal Investigation Department, and have set this page as a redirect. I'm "being bold" here, if anyone disagrees with my decision, please leave a msg on the talk page! UkPaolo 21:57, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It's correct that this should redirect to Criminal Investigation Department, since many people put in the incorrect extra 's' (even among the British police themselves). However, I've deleted the sections on the FBI and CBI from the CID page, as they're in no way equivalent to the British CID. -- Necrothesp 22:47, 28 October 2005 (UTC)