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Failure to Protect the Identity of a Confidential Informant

Here is a story from Connecticut about the compromise of a confidential informant through the allegedly corrupt actions of a police officer. The story relates how an officer allowed his girlfriend access to a computer that held the details of a confidential informant and the officers involved in a drugs arrest.

Confidential informants - a very messy story

A short discussion on law enforcement corruption relating to managing confidential informants. A sad and avoidable story that damaged careers and relationships. Manging confidential informants is a high-risk activity> OFficers need modern training and agencies need to devel good practice.