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.

Raleigh Police Department

The cost of poor confidential informant management - Invest now or Pay later.

Sometimes it is hard to get through to people how costly the mismanagement of confidential informants can be. This story relates to a police department that have paid out over $2.3 million dollars with a third case pending. That is a lot of money for any department to be paying out. And it could have been avoided if the department had invested in the proper structures for managing confidential informants.

Confidential Informant management - hitting the tree

A story from Raleigh, North Carolina about corruption involving a Raleigh police officer and a confidential informant. While the article lacks detail and the investigation is still ongoing, there are a few things we can be fairly sure were wrong.

Confidential Informant Management - Police Chiefs, don't be afraid to ask for help

Here is a story from the Daily Raleigh News concerns alleged corruption involving a detective from the Raleigh Police Department in North Carolina and a confidential informant. This blog discusses the assistance that can be provided to Police Chiefs to avoid similar issues around corruption and confidential informant management.