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.

confidential informant case law

Case Law - Confidential Informant used, New Mexico USA

We are always on the lookout for material that may be of use to officers. This is a very clear explanation of case law that affects the use confidential informants in New Mexico specifically and USA generally. It goes to two issues whether or not a person was “seized” and “reasonable suspicion” based on the word of an informant.

Erik Scramlin (lawyer) explains both issues well. Thanks to him for sharing his insight.

It is always worth examining the nuances involved around using information obtained from informants.

Informant Case Law - New York - Probable Cause

Here is a recent court judgement coming from the Supreme Court in New York State relating to the use of an informant and establishing probable cause.

This document contains quite a few references to other cases on which the judgement was based.

Informant Case Law Boston - Protecting the identity of a confidential informant

We are always studying recent court judgements with regard to protecting the identity of an informant. Here is the ruling from Massachusetts where the court ruled to protect the identity of an informant.

Officers managing informants need to read this type of judgement in order to protect informants properly.