Confidential informants, human sources, humint, confidential human intelligence sources, CHIS, choose your terminology but the problems in managing people giving information to the police are well known and rarely change. There are ways to manage them these people that protect the person, protect the public, protect the agency, protect the officer, and protect the rule of law. Unfortunately, for some agencies, adopting the necessary measures just seems like something that is too difficult to do .
HUMINT and Managing Confidential Informants - knowing the difference.
It is far from unusual to come across law enforcement agencies where the term HUMINT is used, or to come across law enforcement officers who talk about having attended HUMINT training or that they are involved in HUMINT activities. Here,we will discuss to concepts HUMINT and Human Source Management (aka informant management) and identify some of the differences in the two disciplines.
Confidential Informant Management goes wrong
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)
Motives and Motivations of Confidential Informants
Many people are interested in what motivates an confidential informant ( aka: human source, covert human intelligence source, CHIS, HUMINT) to assist law enforcement. The question is often asked as to why someone becomes an informant. Understanding an informant’s motives for providing information is fundamental to managing them effectively. This article points people in the right direction as to how to find out what really works when it comes to motivating a confidential informant.
Human Sources - Managing Confidential Informants NEW BOOK COMING SOON
Human sources, also known as confidential informants, are an essential law enforcement resource in the fight against crime and terrorism. How they are managed has changed little over the years. This book provides law enforcement with details of how to manage human sources, in line with the goals of intelligence-led policing.
HUMINT and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT and HUMAN SOURCE and CHIS - The best training available
HUMINT and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT and HUMAN SOURCE - The differences
Confidential Informant Management - The Need for Dedicated Source Units
An extract from our forthcoming publication HUMAN SOURCES: MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS. It will be out in July and details the structures need to manage human sources safely and more effectively In the meantime here is a section on the need to mage sources using dedicated officers in Dedicated Source Units.
