Informant and Undercover operations Flashcards
1
Q
Criminal informant
A
is the most valuable of them all
2
Q
Entrapment
A
criminal must be given the opportunity for the commission of a crime NOT the motivation for the crime
3
Q
Cardinal rule in working with an informant
A
stay in control: the investigator commands and controls the investigation NOT the informant
4
Q
Flipping
A
arrested person given the opportunity to provide information in exchange for dropping the charges on them
5
Q
Undercover officers work with
A
minimal supervision
6
Q
Deep undercover provided the agent time for
A
gaining total trust of the criminal suspect
7
Q
elements of an undercover operation:
A
- introduction
- acceptance
- the buy
- the arrest
- covering the informant
- after action
8
Q
Two principle problems with UC work
A
- maintaining the criminal identity
- reintegration into normal investigation work
