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Confidential Informant

Author : John Madinger
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420048704
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Confidential Informant written by John Madinger and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-10-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He baffled and eluded law enforcement officers for nearly two decades. In the end, however, it wasn't the painstaking forensic analysis of hundreds of pieces of crime scene evidence that led to the capture of the Unabomber-but the lucky tip of an informant. Truth of the matter is, for all their sophistication and hi-tech science, crime-fighting techniques such as fingerprint and DNA analysis are a factor in less than one percent of all criminal cases. In the overwhelming number of crimes, informants have provided the necessary ammunition needed to bring criminals to justice, from Genovese to Gotti and Capone to Dillinger. Confidential Informant: Understanding Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool explores the covert and clandestine world of informants-revealing the secrets of how to find them and make the most out of them, while at the same time, avoiding the pitfalls of dealing with them. Using case studies in which informants played key roles in solving crimes, the book examines all aspects of informant development and management, from the motivation of the informant to the legal problems that accompany the use of informants in criminal cases. Written by John Madinger, a former narcotics agent, supervisor and administrator, and currently a Senior Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Confidential Informant: Understanding Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool examines the emotional and behavioral characteristics of the informant, as well as the psychology of trust and betrayal. The book also illustrates techniques for improving interviewing and communication skills when dealing with informants, and provides invaluable forms that can be used in connection with these vital sources of information.

The Police and the Confidential Informant

Author : Michael Gentry McCann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Police and the Confidential Informant written by Michael Gentry McCann and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Speaking Truth to Power

Author : Dean A. Dabney
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290461
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Speaking Truth to Power written by Dean A. Dabney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile Òshake and bakeÓ methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation that nets a few hits of crack cocaine on the street corner, to the local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on those individuals to gather inside information on illicit drug sales. These confidential informants provide intelligence on the inner workings of drug operations in exchange for leniency or remuneration, providing a relatively cheap source of intelligence that fuels much of the ongoing war on drugs. In other instances, law enforcement authorities will reach out to members of the criminal underworld who are willing to provide valuable intelligence in exchange for money.ÊDespite the central role of informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and offenders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the narcotics, homicide, and street-level vice operations in two major metropolitan police departments,ÊSpeaking Truth to PowerÊtakes readers to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this complex web of information exchange.

Confidential Informants

Author : Jon Shane
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331922252X
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Confidential Informants written by Jon Shane and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While confidential informants (CI’s) can play a crucial role in police investigations, they also have the potential to cause great harm if they are dishonest. The process by which police agencies qualify a CI to work and the strength of agency policy may be the source of the problem. This Brief examines the integrity problem involving CIs in police operations within the United States, provides an overview of pitfalls and problems related to veracity and informant integrity including the difficulties in detecting when a CI is lying, and compares the provisions of actual published police policy to the model CI policy published by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The analysis shows a wide divergence between actual police policy and the national standard promulgated by the IACP. The Brief provides policy recommendations for improving use of CIs that can potentially reduce or eliminate integrity problems that can lead to organizational accidents such as wrongful arrests and convictions, injuries or deaths. Some Courts have issued measures to ensure that information received from CIs is reliable by examining sworn testimony and documents related to their work. However, as this Brief explores, this judicial effort arises only after a police operation has taken place, and the use of force – even deadly force—has already been employed. The author proposes integrity testing beforehand, which would allow police to have a greater understanding of a CI’s motivation, ability and veracity when conducting law enforcement operations. In addition, there are aspects of police policy that can enhance CI management such as training, supervision and entrapment that can further guard against integrity problems. Although integrity testing is not flawless, it does interpose an additional step in the CI management process that can help guard against wrongful conviction and perjury that harms the judicial process.

Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations

Author : Dennis G. Fitzgerald
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466554592
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations written by Dennis G. Fitzgerald and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic a controversial technique shrouded in secrecy and widely misunderstood. Quoted routinely in countless newspaper and magazine articles, the first edition was the go-to guide for practical, effective guidance on this tricky yet powerful tactic. Extensively updated, topics in this second edition include changes in the FBI's informant program, changes brought on by immigration reforms, recent high-profile cases, and the changing nature of compensation and cooperation fees. It also examines the management of informant-driven search warrants and challenges posed by fabricated information.

Inside a Police Informant's Mind

Author : Paul Derry
Publisher : Coastal West Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0981240852
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Inside a Police Informant's Mind written by Paul Derry and published by Coastal West Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a former informant, Inside a Police Informant`s Mind presents an honest account of the role, risks, and motives of police informants. It chronicles the relationship and course of events between the author and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner. The author provides a fascinating insider's perspective on the working relationship between an informant and those in law enforcement who handle informants. The book gives balanced insight into the thoughts of both the police and the informant, addressing the hazards of manipulation by both parties. It highlights the importance of trust, communication, and understanding as means to bridge those hazards. Also, it demonstrates the difficult shift in lifestyle being an informant entails. After testifying in court, Paul Derry`s life was placed at high risk of retribution, necessitating his entry into a witness protection program. He reflects upon the process of entering a witness protection program and life afterward, not only for himself but also for his family. This autobiographical account is a must-read for police officers and informant handlers and is an especially useful source for intelligence gathering. The vivid, real-life accounts of Inside a Police Informant`s Mind are as revelatory as they are engrossing. It is a great addition to any collection of books on law enforcement and criminal justice. Table of Contents: Foreword Introduction: The Making of an Informant Part One: Inside an Informant’s Mind 1. Blood Brothers 2. Blood Money 3. Streets of Blood 4. The Thrill and Excitement 5. Cold-Blooded 6. Police Study Part Two: Characteristics of a Strong Source Handler 7. Dedicated to the Job 8. Trust 9. Empathy 10. Understanding Motives 11. Clear and Concise Communication 12. Control and Humility 13. Resilience 14. Sense of Humor 15. Discernment 16. Witness Protection Coordinators 17. Partners in Crime Part Three: Looking Back 18. The Gifts and Curses of an Informant 19. Taking a Life 20. Hours on the Stand 21. Life as a Rat 22. Witness Protection and Starting Over 23. Final Thoughts Appendix A: Police Perspectives on Paul Derry as a Source Appendix B: Words between a Source and his Handlers

Snitching

Author : Alexandra Natapoff
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814758584
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Snitching written by Alexandra Natapoff and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2010 Honorable Mention, Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association Uncovers the powerful and problematic practice of snitching to reveal disturbing truths about how American justice works Albert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. After being released by Chicago prosecutors, Darryl Moore—drug dealer, hit man, and rapist—returned home to rape an eleven-year-old girl. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching—police and prosecutors offering deals to criminal offenders in exchange for information. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, criminal snitching has invaded the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Snitching is the first comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice, in which informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, compromise the integrity of police work, and exacerbate tension between police and poor urban residents. Driven by dozens of real-life stories and debacles, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in high-crime African American neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. Natapoff also uncovers the far-reaching legal, political, and cultural significance of snitching: from the war on drugs to hip hop music, from the FBI’s mishandling of its murderous mafia informants to the new surge in white collar and terrorism informing. She explains how existing law functions and proposes new reforms. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works.

Law Enforcement Confidential Informant Practices

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law Enforcement Confidential Informant Practices written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Sources

Author : John Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Human Sources written by John Buckley and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human sources, also known as confidential informants, are an essential law enforcement resource in the fight against crime and terrorism. How they are managed has changed little over the years. This book provides law enforcement with details of how to manage human sources, in line with the goals of intelligence-led policing, and in a way that maximizes the amount of information obtained. The book is based on over 35 years of real-world experience and uses research gained from interviews carried out internationally, with hundreds of law enforcement officers. It delivers the structures necessary to ensure ethical behavior and to minimize the risk of corruption. It includes details of new methods that apply psychology, to gain a much greater amount of more accurate information, in interviews with human sources. Written by an internationally recognized expert, it is essential reading for anyone interested in how informants should be managed.

Confidential Source Ninety-Six

Author : C.S. 96
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316315389
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Confidential Source Ninety-Six written by C.S. 96 and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A HARROWING JOURNEY INSIDE THE HIDDEN WORLD OF DRUG CARTELS BY ONE OF THE TOP CRIMINAL INFORMANTS IN U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY. The men he put behind bars know him as Roman Caribe or one of the dozens of other aliases he has used undercover. His handlers in the DEA, ICE, and FBI know him as Confidential Source Ninety-Six, or C.S. 96, named for the year he confronted the sins of his life atop a massive drug distribution ring and flipped, becoming law enforcement's secret weapon. In Confidential Source Ninety-Six, Caribe tells the extraordinary story of his transformation into America's most successful informant in terms of total narcotics seized--from the years of trafficking cocaine and marijuana across the U.S. for a terrifying drug lord, eventually becoming that man's number two, to his decision to defect and trade sides. In his first mission, Caribe set his sights on his onetime boss's brutal operation. In his next, he broke all protocol and made a daring foray into the notorious Fuentes Cartel, where he took down a family that was smuggling tons of drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. As Caribe launched his career as a confidential source, finding his faith and seeking to finally do right by his stoic wife, Inez, and his four children, his marriage became stressed in new ways, the risks to his family unimaginable if he made a single mistake on the job. He found himself looking over his shoulder every day, knowing that with each drug ring or kingpin he destroyed, he made another dangerous enemy. For as long as he continued the high stakes work, he would survive on the cunning of his tradecraft and his ability to improvise in the most terrifying circumstances. Unfolding in Southern California mansions, makeshift DEA trailers deep in the redwood forest, drug fronts in Spanish Harlem, fast-food parking lots where kilograms of cocaine and heroin change hands, and around the dinner table where Caribe began mentoring at-risk youth to help them avoid the mistakes he made, Confidential Source Ninety-Six is the epic saga of one man's quest to redeem himself and a thrilling look at the law enforcement battle that rages in the shadows of our nation.

A Critical Analysis of Investigator-criminal Informant Relationships in Law Enforcement

Author : Robert S. Earhart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A Critical Analysis of Investigator-criminal Informant Relationships in Law Enforcement written by Robert S. Earhart and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Informants and Undercover Investigations

Author : Dennis G. Fitzgerald
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 084930413X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Informants and Undercover Investigations written by Dennis G. Fitzgerald and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informants are an invaluable, often instrumental aspect of criminal investigations, but they do present certain management issues. In the necessarily clandestine world they inhabit, the imposition of institutional control presents unique challenges. Lack of training and communication among law enforcement professionals tend to ensure the same error

Cop Without a Badge

Author : Charles Kipps
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786702466
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Cop Without a Badge written by Charles Kipps and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former FBI and Secret Service agent Kevin Maher describes the intervention that prevented him from following a life of crime and recounts his dangerous career in which he solved homicides, targeted the mafia, and fought in the drug war.

Snitching

Author : Alexandra Natapoff
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479807710
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Snitching written by Alexandra Natapoff and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really works Curtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel Hoffman was murdered at age twenty-three while working for Florida police. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, the massive informant market shapes the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Police rely on criminal suspects to obtain warrants, to perform surveillance, and to justify arrests. Prosecutors negotiate with defendants for information and cooperation, offering to drop charges or lighten sentences in exchange. In this book, Alexandra Natapoff provides a comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice. She shows how informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow serious criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, and exacerbate distrust between police and poor communities of color. First published over ten years ago, Snitching has become known as the “informant bible,” a leading text for advocates, attorneys, journalists, and scholars. This influential book has helped free the innocent, it has fueled reform at the state and federal level, and it is frequently featured in high-profile media coverage of snitching debacles. This updated edition contains a decade worth of new stories, new data, new legislation and legal developments, much of it generated by the book itself and by Natapoff’s own work. In clear, accessible language, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in heavily-policed Black neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works.

Ghost

Author : Michael R. McGowan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250136652
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Ghost written by Michael R. McGowan and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive memoir of an FBI field operative who has worked more undercover cases than anyone in history. Within FBI field operative circles, groups of people known as “Special” by their titles alone, Michael R. McGowan is an outlier. 10% of FBI Special Agents are trained and certified to work undercover. A quarter of those agents have worked more than one undercover assignment in their careers. And of those, less than 10% of them have been involved in more than five undercover cases. Over the course of his career, McGowan has worked more than 50 undercover cases. In this extraordinary and unprecedented book, McGowan will take readers through some of his biggest cases, from international drug busts, to the Russian and Italian mobs, to biker gangs and contract killers, to corrupt unions and SWAT work. Ghost is an unparalleled view into how the FBI, through the courage of its undercover Special Agents, nails the bad guys. McGowan infiltrates groups at home and abroad, assembles teams to create the myths he lives, concocts fake businesses, coordinates the busts, and helps carry out the arrests. Along the way, we meet his partners and colleagues at the FBI, who pull together for everything from bank jobs to the Boston Marathon bombing case, mafia dons, and, perhaps most significantly, El Chapo himself and his Sinaloa Cartel. Ghost is the ultimate insider's account of one of the most iconic institutions of American government, and a testament to the incredible work of the FBI.

Canary

Author : Duane Swierczynski
Publisher : Mulholland Books
ISBN 13 : 0316403172
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Canary written by Duane Swierczynski and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's dangerous enough when an ordinary college girl turns confidential informant. Even more dangerous when she's smarter than the killer, kingpins, and cops who think they control her. Honors student Sarie Holland is busted by the local police while doing a favor for her boyfriend. Unwilling to betray him but desperate to avoid destroying her future, Sarie has no choice but to become a "CI" -- a confidential informant. Philly narcotics cop Ben Wildey is hungry for a career-making bust. The detective thinks he's found the key in Sarie: her boyfriend scores from a mid-level dealer with alleged ties to the major drug gangs. Sarie turns out to be the perfect CI: a quick study with a shockingly keen understanding of the criminal mind. But Wildey, desperate for results, pushes too hard and inadvertently sends the nineteen-year-old into a death trap, leaving Sarie hunted by crooked cops and killers alike with nothing to save her -- except what she's learned during her harrowing weeks as an informant. Which is bad news for the police and the underworld. Because when it comes to payback, CI #1373 turns out to be a very quick study...

Used and Abused by the St. Petersburg Police Department, My Life As a Juvenile Confidential Informant

Author : Harold Hempstead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781312773332
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Used and Abused by the St. Petersburg Police Department, My Life As a Juvenile Confidential Informant written by Harold Hempstead and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law enforcement agencies across the nation are employing juvenile confidential informants as young as eight years old. Many juvenile confidential informants are being physically, mentally, and sexually abused and even killed.When Harold Hempstead was thirteen years old he was recruited as a confidential informant by the St. Petersburg Police Department. In the years that followed, Harold was involved with dozens of undercover operations for multiple agencies in Florida.In this book, Harold explains why law enforcement agencies should not be allowed to use juveniles as confidential informants. Harold also details some of the serious acts of corruption and unlawful activities he witnessed as a confidential informant for the St. Petersburg Police Department.