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.

secure notebooks

Technology and the fight against informant corruption.

This article highlights two software solutions designed to prevent evidence tampering, with particular reference to the management of confidential informants.

Lost Police Notebooks - Using technology for smarter policing

Lost Police Notebooks - Using technology for smarter policing

A discussion around secure police notebooks. Moving from paper-based pocketbooks to secure apps on a mobile phone. Using technology to save money for police while keeping everyone more secure.

Securing documentation - Intelligence Work 101

A distressing story from West Midlands UK about the loss of confidential intelligence on gang members. This article discusses why losing confidential material of this type, should not happen. We are in the 21st Century and there are secure encrypted methods for keeping intelligence safely and a handwritten police notebook is not one of them.