#U.S. NOVEMBER 15, 2017 / 3:33 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

U.S. Army sees 'significant' gaps in reporting criminal activities to law enforcement

Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army’s chief of staff said on Wednesday there were “significant” gaps in reporting soldiers’ criminal activities to law enforcement, an omission the Air Force acknowledged in the case of a Texas gunmen who killed 26 people.

The issue of the military passing information on service members’ criminal activity to law enforcement agencies was highlighted earlier this month when the Air Force said it had failed to provide data about a Texas shooter’s criminal history to a U.S. law enforcement database.

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“We all know that situation inside the Air Force, that could have been any one of the services, not just the Air Force,” the chief of staff of the U.S. Army, General Mark Milley, told reporters.

“We have a significant amount of omissions that it concerns the secretary and I, and it clearly tells us that we need to tighten up as well,” Milley said.

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