Informants Flashcards
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
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INFORMANT
Anonymous Informant, Non-Confidential Informant, Confidential Informant, Unwitting Informant
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SUBCATEGORIES OF INFORMANTS
A person who refuses to identify himself or uses a fictitious name; his true identity is not known
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ANONYMOUS INFORMANT
A person who does not request that his identity be held in strict confidence
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NON-CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT
A person who requests that his identity be held in strict confidence
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT
A person who does not know that he is providing information to law enforcement
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UNWITTING INFORMANT
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
Typically on a law enforcement payroll
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PROFESSIONAL INFORMANT
Has access to information that could be the predication for a criminal investigation, because of employment.
Gun store owner
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INFORMANTS WITHIN INDUSTRY
Valuable informant, considered to be any person an investigator comes in contact with; emotionally disturbed or ill
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PRIVATE CITIZEN
Other law enforcement can be ______
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SOURECS OF INFORMATION
May required special authorization to be utilized by law enformcent
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SPECIAL GROUPS/RESTRICTED INFORMANTS
Offer will inform prosector of the cooperation of this informant
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CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS
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
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
Contact USMS, these individuals are in the program for their protection and being an informant would obviously raise that threat
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WITNESS SECURITY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Signs for and is responsible for until he is safely returned to custody
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BOP/USMS CUSTODY OR STATE PRISONER
Incur liabilities with minors that we do nor incur with adults, approval from parents or legal guardian
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JUVENILES
Coordination with HSI to determine immigration status
Special Groups/Restricted Informants
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FOREIGN NATIONALS/ALIENS
Posse Comitatus Act may prohibit the use
Special Groups/Restricted Informants
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
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
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
Critical in each in every instance that the investigator knows the
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MOTIVATIONS OF INFORMANTS
Fear, Revenge, Mercenary, Egotistical/Vanity, Reform or Repentance
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COMMON MOTIVATIONS
Competition, Civic Mindedness, Jealously, Friendship, Perverse
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OTHER MOTIVATIONS
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;
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
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;
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
The first thing that should be discussed with an informant is the law regarding
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ENTRAPMENT
Informants often difficult to control, embarrass the Government, and questionable credibility in court
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POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREAS
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
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
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
The best way to develop and maintain rapport with an informant
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FACE TO FACE MEETINGS
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
