An article relating to the compromise of a person whom the police wanted to use as a confidential informant and a discussion around how such problems can be avoided. It relates to a woman suing a police agency because of her details being compromised on an answering machine.
Reducing Confidential informant Related Corruption
This article relates to informant management that resulted in a Chicago police officer being sentence to seven years imprisonment. This story is not about one bad cop, it is about a broken system for managing confidential informants (Confidential Human Sources, HUMINT, Covert Human Intelligence Sources , CHIS)
Confidential Informants Review of Houston Police Narcotics Unit
Active listening for police - a skill for conflict avoidance.
Confidential Informant Management - The Need for Dedicated Source Units
An extract from our forthcoming publication HUMAN SOURCES: MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS. It will be out in July and details the structures need to manage human sources safely and more effectively In the meantime here is a section on the need to mage sources using dedicated officers in Dedicated Source Units.