John Buckley
Confidential Informant Training - From us, ...

I was asked yesterday has to what makes confidential informant (Human Source) training provided by HSM Training different from other providers. I wasn’t quite sure where to start. Then it dawned on me that it doesn’t actually start with us, it starts with the customer and what they need. And what they need is not always what they want.

FBI human source

Informants destroy police careers

Here is a story of three careers destroyed because of the failure to manage a confidential informant safely. The FBI are the USA’s most prominent law enforcement agency. This case begs the question as to what happened to facilitate the mismanagement of this informant. Be under no illusion this is not just one officer acting badly - it is a failure of systems and processes.

WHAT IS A HUMAN SOURCE ? A DEFINITION

A definition of a human source. This is a term that is used by the FBI to describe confidential informants. It is also widely used in Canada UK and Australia. A clear definition provided with an explanation of the key elements.