Visit the CATCH Program website on your computer or mobile device at a time that's convenient. Your SARC can provide you the web address and your personal, anonymous, secure log-in information.

No, you cannot share your name; the process is anonymous.

You can provide as much information as you can remember and feel comfortable sharing (for example, name, rank, height, tattoos or other distinguishing factors), or any other information you think may be important in identifying the suspect, or linking the suspect to other crimes.

Each entry is kept for 10 years. This means that you could be contacted at any time over the next 10 years if there is a potential match, as long as you don't opt out and your contact information doesn't change.

The SAFE Kit corresponding to your Restricted Report will be retained for 10 years in order to avoid the unintended destruction of a Restricted Reporting SAFE Kit affiliated with a CATCH entry.

You will be contacted privately, using ONLY the information you provided. Your name and information will remain anonymous until you decide to participate in an investigation and convert your Restricted Report to Unrestricted. You can always say you don't want to participate.

Yes, you can opt out at any time - just tell your SARC.

Yes, but the victim does not need to fill out a new 2910 in its entirety.

Step 1: The SARC should retrieve the original 2910 to obtain the DSAID Control Number.

Step 2: That DSAID Control number should then be placed on the new 2910 form, but the victim ONLY needs to fill out the CATCH-related questions on the new form and sign it. The rest of the 2910 is left blank.

Step 3: The SARC should then scan in both the old and new 2910s together and upload them into the DSAID File Locker.

The CATCH database is a secure database and does not capture IP addresses.

A CATCH participant will only convert to an Unrestricted Report by electing to convert their case.

Information contained in the database is visible only to specially-designated MCIOs assigned to CATCH headquarters by each Service. There is no identifying information contained in the database to match an entry to the victim.

No. Only those victims that elect the Restricted Reporting option are eligible to participate in the CATCH Program. However, all CATCH entries are run against open and closed Unrestricted Reports.

Victims who are eligible to participate in the CATCH Program are adult sexual assault victims (i.e., Service members, Military Service Academy cadets and midshipmen, and their adult dependents) who have filed a Restricted Report. Former Service members and their adult dependents who filed a Restricted Report while in the service are also eligible for the CATCH Program.

If the veteran receiving MST benefits made a Restricted Report during their military service, they may contact any SARC from their Military Branch to ask about participating in CATCH. To locate the nearest SARC, click here.

If the veteran did not make a Restricted Report while in the Service, Department policy does not currently allow them to make a Restricted Report. Retirees and separated members may only make an Unrestricted Report at this time.

To do this, the SARC should print out an official form with a serial number for the victim to fill in and provide them with the CATCH Program headquarters mailing address. The SARC should make sure that if a victim wants to mail in a form, they are given the official form with the Victim Report Number on it.

There is no change. If there is a match, the victim will be contacted by the CATCH POC designated by their Service.

When filing a CATCH entry, the victim is asked to provide permanent contact information, as a match may occur in the future, after which they may have transferred or even left the military.

If SARCs have problems accessing their accounts their first action should to reach out to their administrator to see if their account is in an "inactive" status. Between 31 to 44 days the accounts go inactive but can be reactivated by an Admin. At the 45-day mark accounts are disabled and an IT ticket will need to be submitted to NCIS headquarters to have the account re-established. This ticket or call must come from the Service SAPR Program Manager or Service CATCH Admin and must include the user’s first name, last name, role, Service, and your DoD ID number located on the back of your CAC.

For other CATCH IT issues, call NCIS IT support: 571-305-9999, option 2

(Important: This line is for SARCs only and not intended for victims. It may be answered by law enforcement and could compromise a Restricted Report.)

The Special Victims’ Counsel/Victims’ Legal Counsel (SVC/VLC) will assist the victim in getting answers to questions related to the investigation or legal process.

Unfortunately, victims are unable to upload a digital photo to the CATCH system at this time. However, they can mail one in. The SARC can provide a mailing address for this purpose but cannot mail this in for the victim. The SARC should ask the victim to mark the photo with the Restricted Reporting DSAID Control Number. Additionally, to maintain the victim’s anonymity, the SARC will caution the victim to place the SARC address as the return address. The victim cannot place their own name and address on the envelope.

Answer: Yes, but the victim does not need to fill out a new 2910 in its entirety.

Step 1: The SARC should retrieve the original 2910 to obtain the DSAID Control Number.

Step 2: That DSAID Control number should then be placed on the new 2910 form, but the victim ONLY needs to fill out the CATCH-related questions on the new form and sign it. The rest of the 2910 is left blank.

Step 3: The SARC should then scan in both the old and new 2910s together and upload them into the DSAID File Locker.

If you are eligible, your SARC or SAPR Victim Advocate can offer you a referral to a Special Victims' Counsel (Army, Air Force, National Guard) or Victims' Legal Counsel (Navy, USMC), who is your personal attorney (not a prosecutor or a defense attorney). They can help answer your legal questions about the CATCH program.