Informant Program Management

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Institute for Criminal Justice Education, Inc. (ICJE)</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Institute for Criminal Justice Education"><B>home</B></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Introduction</B></div> <div> <B>The goal of  ICJE in writing this Guide is to provide law enforcement departments with an awareness of the necessity of having a written informant/ source policy and to offer specific steps toward the implementation of that policy. 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Officers and departments should review any proposed change in policy or procedure with the appropriate professional authority or advisor prior to implementation.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Informant Program Management </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Informant Program Development and Management</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="informant_program"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> <B>A Guide to Setting Up and Administering an Informant Program</B></div> <div> <B>Published June, 2005, by ICJE, Inc.</B></div> <div> Copyright 2005, 69  pp.</div> <div> ISBN 0-9704088-0-3</div> <div> Price $25.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> To purchase and receive the E-Book immediately, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Informant Program"><B><U>Click Here</U></B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="628" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="620"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="620" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 1087 WIDTH="620"><div> <B>Features</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Reviews the Types and characterizations of  informants and benefits/liabilities</B></div> <div> <B>of  each. </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Criminal Informants.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Good Citizen Informants.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Confidential Sources.</div> <bR> <div> <B>How to Recruit and Train Informants.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Methods of recruitment for various types of  informants.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Methods of training for various types of informants.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The potential for illegal conduct by the informant.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Periodic informant performance evaluations.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Best Techniques for Interviewing and Debriefing Informants.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Monitoring informant activity.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Making assumptions about the information.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Necessity for accurate reporting and record keeping.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Preparing the Informant for Testimony.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Briefing prosecutors about informant's criminal records.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Payment briefings prior to testifying.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Technical considerations involving wires, recordings, etc.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Testimony review.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Preparing Control File Systems, including Administrative, Documentation and</B></div> <div> <B>      Operational Files.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Importance of setting up the systems.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Legal ramifications of secure systems.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The need for all three types of file systems.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Discussion and examples of each, with sample forms for opening, reporting, paying and closing informants.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Interagency Informant Sharing.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Insuring confidentiality.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Determining whether to share information and/or identity.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Preventing a “hostile takeover” of the informant by another agency.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Compensating Informants.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Need for record keeping.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sample receipt forms.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Maintaining anonymity in the receipt systems.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Necessity for witnesses.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Using Informant Information in Affidavits.</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tests for informant credibility and reliability.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Using split informant information  in a single affidavit.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sample affidavits for a variety of situations.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Liability Aspects for the Handling Officer and Department. </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Civil and criminal liability for the handling officer.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Civil and criminal liability for the supervisor.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Civil and criminal liability for the department and department head.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Implementing departmental policy re informants.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Appendix with all forms in reproducible format.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="206"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="206" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></div> <div> <B>1.    Definitions, Types and Characterizations of Informants</B></div> <div> <B>2.    Recruiting and Handling Informants.</B></div> <div> <B>3.    Interviewing and Debriefing Informants.</B></div> <div> <B>4.    Compensating Informants.</B></div> <div> <B>5.    Informant File Systems.</B></div> <div> <B>6.    Legal Issues.</B></div> <div> <B>7.    Use of Polygraphs.</B></div> <div> <B>8.    Informant Sharing.</B></div> <div> <B>9.    SOP - Writing the Policy.</B></div> <div> <B>10.  Appendix (Reproducible Forms).</B></div> <bR> <div> <A 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