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.
Dozens of cases dismissed because of confidential informant corruption.
A story from the Chicago Tribune relating to the impact of the misuse of confidential informants. (CHIS, HUMINT, Confidential Human Sources) Two officers were convicted of offences relating to the misuse of informants and now questions have been raised over many of the cases they have been involved in. this article details how to make sure this does not happen in other police departments and gives an indication of the costs involved.
