Informants and Undercover Investigations
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-0412-5 (ISBN)
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Informants are an invaluable, often instrumental aspect of criminal investigations, but they do present certain management issues. In the necessarily clandestine world they inhabit, the imposition of institutional control presents unique challenges. Lack of training and communication among law enforcement professionals tend to ensure the same errors are repeated time and again.
Informants and Undercover Investigations: A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and Procedure is the most comprehensive examination of informant related issues in a single volume. Designed as a sourcebook with clear explanations of applicable laws, department policies, and time-tested procedures, each chapter addresses a distinct topic, allowing reader sto quickly locate a particular subject. Using pertinent Supreme Court, federal, and state cases; statutory law; federal, state, and local law enforcement guidelines; and field-tested training materials; this book provides relevant information to all levels of investigation from basic search warrant cases to complex criminal investigations.
The author provides the most current and verified information regarding informant motivation, including mitigated sentencing and monetary compensation; recruiting; documentation; corroboration; electronic surveillance; and the witness security program. He addresses the pitfalls and management challenges of handling an informant and recommends strategies for avoiding them. Extensively researched appendices cover the Attorney General’s guidelines for use of informants, FBI undercover operations, IRS informants, DEA policy for cooperating sources, as well as examples of local policy.
Shedding light on the shadowy world of informants and undercover investigations, this book provides law enforcement officials, legal professionals, and criminal justice training institutions a single source reference to understand and streamline the use of this indispensable yet notoriously unpredictable investigative tool.
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Informants and Sources Defined
Generally
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Marshals Service
Central Intelligence Agency
State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Motivations to Cooperate as an Informant
Generally
Money
Fear of Punishment
Fear of Criminal Associates and Revenge
Citizen Informants
Walk-In Informants
Jailhouse Informants
Furloughed Prisoners
Repentance
Excitement
Police Buffs
The Double Agent
Unwitting Informants
Brokered Informants
Recruiting Informants
Ruby Ridge
Factors in Recruiting
Arrested Defendants
Old Cases
“Immunity” and Compelled Testimony
Negotiated Plea Agreements
Nonprosecution Agreements
Other Recruiting Strategies
Sources of Compensation for Informants
Generally
DEA Awards and Compensation to Cooperating Individuals
Tax Responsibilities
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Awards and Compensation to Sources
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Compensation for FBI Informants and Confidential Sources
Informant Lawsuits
Trafficker Directed Funds
Whistleblowers
Sharing of Federally Forfeited Property with State and Local Agencies
Cooperation and Contingency Fee Agreements
Generally
Proprietary Agreements
Contingent Fee Agreements
Contingent Fee Agreements and the Courts
Fifth Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Informant Documentation and Identification
Generally
Documentation Data Format
Informant Code Numbers and Assumed Names
Once Documented, Who “Owns” the Informant?
Undercover Purchases of Evidence by
Informants and Probable Cause
Generally
The Controlled Undercover Purchase of Evidence
Initial Informant Debriefing
Search of Informant and Vehicle
Funds Provided for the Purchase of Evidence
Observation of the CI Entering and Exiting the Location
Postbuy Informant Search
Follow-Up Informant Debriefing
Informant’s Statement
Informant Purchases
Informant Introduction of Undercover Agent
Corroboration of Informant Information
Generally
Surveillance
Mail Covers
“Trash Runs”
Telephone Toll Records
Credit Card and Financial Records
Criminal History Record Systems
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Information Obtained from Public Record Sources
Polygraph Examination of Informants
Informants and Electronic Surveillance
Generally
Consensual Telephone Conversation Intercepts
Concealed Transmitters
Tape Recorders
Establishing Consent
Video Surveillance
Use of Informants in Telephone Wiretaps
Controlling the Informant
Generally
Agents and Prosecutors
Investigations
Governmental Liability for Torts Committed by Informants
Applicable FTCA
Intentional Torts Exception
Development of the Entrapment Defense
Application of the Entrapment Defense
Evidence of Government Inducement
Proving Predisposition
Timing of Predisposition
The Witness Security Program
Historical Overview of the U.S. Witness Security Program
Administration and Eligibility for the Witness
Security Program
Informants, Aliens, and Nonfederal Witnesses
Program Participant’s Financial Obligations
Psychological Testing and Evaluation
Memorandum of Understanding
Denying Admission to the Witness Security Program
Entering the Program
Requests for Witness to Return to Danger Area for Court Appearances, Pretrial Conferences, and Interviews
WITSEC Participants as Informants
Ejection from the WITSEC Program
Short-Term Protection Program
The Emergency Witness Assistance Program
Witness Protection Alternatives Offered by Investigative Agencies
Criminalizing Acts Taken against Witnesses
Crimes Committed by WITSEC Participants
Liability Issues at the State and Local Level
Prisoner–Witnesses
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.1.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 748 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8493-0412-1 / 0849304121 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8493-0412-5 / 9780849304125 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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