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.

informant management

Confidential Informant - Poor management and how to fix it.

Here are two stories around things going badly wrong in regard to confidential informant management.

One from Siloam Springs and one from Los Alamos

Have a read at the stories and check out what happened. Now look at your own department and ask your self “How could this happen in our department? “ If your answer is ‘It couldn’t ‘ you might want to look again. We all like to think we have systems and procedures that stop these types of incident from occurring. Yet, if you are a regular reader of this blog you will see they do time and time again.

Avoiding confidential informant related corruption.

There have been serious allegations of corruption in Detroit Police Department involving a narcotics unit and the mismanagement of confidential informant finances. There are always risks when it comes to managing confidential informants (HUMINT, Human Sources, Covert Human Intelligence Sources) This article discusses some of the ways to manage these risks.

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 Informant Management - Structures

Confidential Informant Management - Structures

Managing confidential informants in a structured team of dedicated officers. This reduces the costs for the Police Chief and makes it a lot safer for informants and the public.

Confidential Informant Management - Ten Essential Records

A guide to the records that are essential when it comes to managing a confidential informant. A list of the 10 key records police should have in an informant management file. Will be of interest to any officer managing informants.

Confidential informant laws

Discusses proposed confidential informant law in Minnesota. An article discussing the need to train police officers to manage informants well.

Confidential Informants - Recognising their value.

Confidential Informants - Recognising their value.

An article discussing the value of confidential informants and the risks they take. Positive media coverage for Police Department in their fight against drug trafficking.

Confidential informant management - A numbers game

A short guide explaining the numbers of confidential informants (CHIS, Human Sources) that and a police agency can safely and effectively manage. Useful for all police chiefs. The article explains the composition of informant management teams.

Confidential informants and police corruption

Confidential informant intelligence and links to police corruption. A short article on a process to reduce the potential for police corruption.

Confidential Informants - when the sh*t hits the fan

confidential informant risks. some guidance for police chiefs in trouble. what goes wrong and how to deal with informant mismanagement

Sex with confidential informants: Ten things to know.

Sex with confidential informants: Ten things to know.

Having sex with confidential informants . This blog highlights some of the issues relating to police officers having sexual relationships with confidential informants and gives advice on how to counter the problem