Informants: Development and Management

by Mallory, Stephen L.

• ISBN13: 9780942728965
• ISBN10: 0942728963
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Discover from the author's 24 years of experience with the D.E.A. the proven techniques that will show you and your agency how to easily save time, money, and your reputation by using informants correctly. This book provides the tools for becoming a skilled informant manager who understands the purpose and proper use of informants. You'll learn why every person encountered during an investigation is a potential source of information. This book provides investigators, educators, and law enforcement agencies with guidance and examples of both effective and ineffective informant development and management. Examples of proper policy, procedure, and documentation of informant management are provided for clarification.

Table of Contents

About the Author	vi
Table of Cases	vii
Introduction	ix
The Purpose and Value of Informants	1	(16)
Value of Informants	2	(4)
Who are Informants?	6	(4)
Surveillance by Informants	10	(3)
Tactical, Administrative and Strategic Functions of Informants	13	(4)
Developing Informants	17	(24)
Informant Acquisition	18	(3)
Informant Records	21	(1)
Parole/Probation	22	(2)
Initial Contact	24	(1)
Restricted Use Informants	25	(1)
Employment Factors	26	(10)
Employment and Termination	36	(5)
Motivational Considerations	41	(12)
Motivational Factors	42	(1)
Theories of Motivation	43	(3)
Motives for Cooperation	46	(7)
Guidelines for Informant Control and Evaluation	53	(20)
Informant Control	53	(3)
Control vs. Controlled	56	(3)
Evaluation	59	(1)
Monitoring	59	(1)
Debriefing	60	(1)
Records	61	(1)
Corroboration by Surveillance	62	(3)
Polygraph	65	(8)
Protection of Informants	73	(18)
Confidentiality	73	(1)
Documentation and Coding	74	(1)
Meeting With Informants	75	(2)
Uses of Informants	77	(1)
Introduction of the Undercover Agent	78	(1)
Purchasing of Evidence	79	(4)
Informants and Probable Cause	83	(4)
Relocation of Informants	87	(4)
Legal Aspects and Constraints of Informant Management	91	(18)
Informant Privilege	91	(5)
Informant Compensation	96	(6)
Polygraph Examinations	102	(2)
Restricted Use Informants	104	(1)
Informants and Civil Actions	104	(5)
Administrative Documents and Policy	109	(12)
Written Guidelines and Policies	110	(1)
Formulating Policy	111	(1)
Responsibilities	112	(2)
Informant Files	114	(1)
Documenting Payments	115	(1)
Accreditation	116	(5)
Informants and the Future	121	(8)
Drugs	123	(1)
Terrorism	123	(1)
Juveniles	124	(3)
Career Criminals	127	(1)
Change and the Future	127	(2)
Appendix	129