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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2952. Full title: DD Form 2952, Closeout Report of Suspected Child Abuse in DoD Operated or Sponsored Activities, June 2012. Function: Closeout Report of Suspected Child Sexual Abuse in DoD Operated or Sponsored Activities. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 3 pages with about 46 entry fields.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- Section A - Administrative Information. 1. Name of installation.
- 2. State/country.
- 3. Point of contact. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Position.
- c.(1) DSN telephone number.
- (2) Commercial telephone number (include area code).
- (3) Fax numbers (DSN and commercial).
- (4) E-mail address.
- 4. Activity where suspected abuse occurred.
- 5. Date of initial report to DUSD(P&R) (2 digit month/2 digit day/4 digit year).
- 7. Publicity. X if a., installation town meeting.
- X if b., reported in civilian media.
- If b.: (1) Local: X if print.
- X if broadcast.
- (2) National: X if print.
- X if broadcast.
- X if c., military public affairs.
- X if authorized publications.
- X if AFN.
- Section B - Victim information. 7. Initial potential victim pool (enter numbers).
- a. Potential victims not contacted:
- b. Potential victims who declined screening:
- c. Potential victims screened:
- 8. Total potential victims screened and needing forensic interviews (enter numbers).
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2952 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2952?
- DD Form 2952, Closeout Report of Suspected Child Abuse in DoD Operated or Sponsored Activities, June 2012
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?