Here are details of an interesting judgement from New Mexico on the issue of probable cause in relation to a drugs warrant. There are a couple of learning points here for all detectives.
When Human Source policies are not followed - Police corruption
Here is an interesting article from Akron Ohio about a sexual relationship between a female officer and her informant. What is interesting about this case is that by the account given the agency seem to have had in place policy that would have mitigated the risk of this occurring. ALL contacts had to be reported and two handlers always present.
Confidential Informant related Corruption
Here is another story of corruption relating to the management of confidential informants, this time in Tennessee. Sometimes I get tired of highlighting similar issues, mainly because with a limited amount of effort and some financial investment the vast amount of corruption relating to informant management can be eliminated. Seriously folks it is not that difficult
Confidential informant management - how do you know when the whole barrel is bad?
Here is another story about the consequences of bad informant management in New Bedford, Mass. A lot has been said about problems within this agency none of which can be pleasant for any officer of that agency unconnected with the allegations. These have been covered in depth in the podcast Snitch City presented by the Boston Globe.
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.