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Informants Flashcards

1
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A person who

Provides Information of an investigative nature to law enforcement (covertly or overtly)
Is paid or otherwise compensated for information
Is encouraged, controlled, or directed by a law enforcement officer (covertly or overtly)

Does not include those individuals who provide information as result of their official duties or a one-time witness to incident of crime

Informants

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INFORMANT

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Anonymous Informant, Non-Confidential Informant, Confidential Informant, Unwitting Informant

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SUBCATEGORIES OF INFORMANTS

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A person who refuses to identify himself or uses a fictitious name; his true identity is not known

Subcategories of Informants

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ANONYMOUS INFORMANT

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A person who does not request that his identity be held in strict confidence

Subcategories of Informants

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NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT

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A person who requests that his identity be held in strict confidence

Subcategories of Informants

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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT

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A person who does not know that he is providing information to law enforcement

Subcategories of Informants

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UNWITTING INFORMANT

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Criminal or Criminal Associate, Professional Informant, Informants within Industry, Private Citizen, Sources of Information, Special Groups/Restricted Informants, Criminal Defendants, Probationers, Parolees, Witness Security Program Participants, BOP/USMS custody or State Prisoner, Juveniles, Foreign Nationals/Aliens, Military Personnel, Clergy/Attorneys/Physicians, Press/Other News Personnel

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TYPES OF INFORMANTS

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Typically on a law enforcement payroll

Type of Informant

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PROFESSIONAL INFORMANT

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Has access to information that could be the predication for a criminal investigation, because of employment.

Gun store owner

Type of Informant

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INFORMANTS WITHIN INDUSTRY

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Valuable informant, considered to be any person an investigator comes in contact with; emotionally disturbed or ill

Type of Informant

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PRIVATE CITIZEN

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Other law enforcement can be ______

Type of Informant

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SOURECS OF INFORMATION

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May required special authorization to be utilized by law enformcent

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SPECIAL GROUPS/RESTRICTED INFORMANTS

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Offer will inform prosector of the cooperation of this informant

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CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS

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A condition is not to commit criminal acts and to stay away from other criminals, authorization from probation officer

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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PROBATIONERS

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Normal condition is not to commit criminal acts and to stay away from other criminals; authorization from appropriate state parole authorities

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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PAROLEES

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16
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Contact USMS, these individuals are in the program for their protection and being an informant would obviously raise that threat

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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WITNESS SECURITY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

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Signs for and is responsible for until he is safely returned to custody

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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BOP/USMS CUSTODY OR STATE PRISONER

18
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Incur liabilities with minors that we do nor incur with adults, approval from parents or legal guardian

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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JUVENILES

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Coordination with HSI to determine immigration status

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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FOREIGN NATIONALS/ALIENS

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Posse Comitatus Act may prohibit the use

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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Special relationship/privileged communication with clients (also true with spouses and mental health providers)

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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CLERGY, ATTORNEYS, PHYSICIANS

22
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Want more information than they are willing to give, usually prohibited to use

Special Groups/Restricted Informants

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PRESS/OTHER NEWS PERSONNEL

23
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Critical in each in every instance that the investigator knows the

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MOTIVATIONS OF INFORMANTS

24
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Fear, Revenge, Mercenary, Egotistical/Vanity, Reform or Repentance

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COMMON MOTIVATIONS

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Competition, Civic Mindedness, Jealously, Friendship, Perverse

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OTHER MOTIVATIONS

26
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Two principal concerns that must be addressed before he will seriously consider cooperating as an informant: first is the confidentiality of his ______; second is that the investigator will address his specific ______

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IDENTITY; MOTIVATION;

27
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Mental, emotional and physical status; criminal and employment history, education history, and political ideology

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ITEMS TO CONSIDER WHEN DEVELOPING AN INFORMANTS DOSSIER

28
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The investigator, not the informant, always _____ and _____ the investigation.

There is nothing wrong with using an informants suggestion or showing appreciation for quality information.

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DIRECTS; CONTORLS;

29
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In order to maintain proper control of the informant and the direction of the investigation, it is a good practice for the investor to

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MAINTAINS FREQUENT PERSONAL CONTACT WITH INFORMANT

30
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The first thing that should be discussed with an informant is the law regarding

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ENTRAPMENT

31
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Informants often difficult to control, embarrass the Government, and questionable credibility in court

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POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREAS

32
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Dealing with informants of the opposite sex or same gender, precautions should be taken to prevent false or embarrassing accusations against the against. The best way of protecting the controlling against is to

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HAVE ANOTHER AGENT PRESENT

33
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Motives of the informant, ability to provide useful information, extent to which the information can be corroborated, reliability and truthfulness, substance abuse and criminal history to include pending criminal charges, danger to the public, mental health, information provided to law enforcement in the past, adversely affect investigation, prior record as witness in any proceedings, employment background and family ties, financially supported, relative to an employee of any law enforcement agency, risk of physical harm, special authorization may be required

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SUITABILITY FACTORS FOR INFORMANTS

34
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Each _____ with the informant should be documented with the data, time, place, witnesses present, and a synopsis of the discussion

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CONTACT

35
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The best way to develop and maintain rapport with an informant

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FACE TO FACE MEETINGS

36
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Informant should be personally told by the controlling investigator, in the presence of a witnessing investigator when ______ should be documented

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TERMINATION/DEACTIVATION IS REQUIRED

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