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.

Confidential Informant Management Inquiry costs 28 Million dollars - so far.

The cost of not managing informants properly. Law enforcement need to know the risks involved in managing informants.

Auditing confidential informant management systems

Why do police managers not want to make changes to manage confidential informants safely. An article that explores some of the reasons why police managers do not want to change the way their agency manages confidential informants. If informants are to be managed safely and the amount of intelligence maximised most police forces need to change how they manage confidential informants.

Confidential Informant Management - Understanding the psychology

Confidential Informant management and the psychology involved.

This article discusses training for law enforcement officers and others involved in managing confidential informants ( human sources, CHIS, HUMINT) It focuses on the psychology involved.

Confidential Informants - Recognising their value.

Confidential Informants - Recognising their value.

An article discussing the value of confidential informants and the risks they take. Positive media coverage for Police Department in their fight against drug trafficking.

Confidential Informant Management - Poor systems lead to poor results.

Confidential Informant Management - Poor systems lead to poor results.

This article discusses the benefits of having an independent audit of police confidential informant management and intelligence systems. It lists a number of benefits of such an audit. If a law enforcement agency manages human sources or covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) the article will be of interest

Developing confidential informants - Law enforcement agency training

Developing confidential informants - Law enforcement agency training.

This post explains some of the topics covered on our confidential informant (human source, covert human intelligence source CHIS, Humint) basic training course. Can you afford not to have a look.

SEX AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS

Sex with confidential informants - an ongoing issue. An article relating to how to prevent inappropriate relationships between officers and informants.

Confidential informant management - A numbers game

A short guide explaining the numbers of confidential informants (CHIS, Human Sources) that and a police agency can safely and effectively manage. Useful for all police chiefs. The article explains the composition of informant management teams.

Confidential informants and police corruption

Confidential informant intelligence and links to police corruption. A short article on a process to reduce the potential for police corruption.

With confidential informants - numbers matter.

Confidential informants - numbers matter. Risk management in managing confidential informants. Some information for Chiefs of Police