informant software

The cost of poor confidential informant management - Invest now or Pay later.

Sometimes it is hard to get through to people how costly the mismanagement of confidential informants can be. This story relates to a police department that have paid out over $2.3 million dollars with a third case pending. That is a lot of money for any department to be paying out. And it could have been avoided if the department had invested in the proper structures for managing confidential informants.

Protecting confidential informant identities -breaches risk lives.

A discussion around the need to protect the true identities of confidential informants. Will be of interest to police officer interested in protecting informant identities.

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.

Calls To Abolish Warrants Based On Information From Paid Informants

A discussion around the use of information from confidential informants and warrants referring to the case of the Anjanette Young in Chicago. The article explores a call for a ban on warrants where the information comes solely from a ‘paid informant’