INV CODES Flashcards
What are, under INV – 02, confidential informants used for?
Department shall develop and use confidential informants as well as other sources as a means to detect, and investigate violators of state and federal law.
What is the definition of a confidential informant?
-A person who provides specific information to a Department investigator - and wishes their identity to remain confidential.
What are special circumstances for confidential informants?
Certain persons should not be used as informants except in special circumstances approved by unit Commander’s. Search persons include:
- Juveniles
- Person wanted on warrants
- Persons with a criminal record for perjury
- Persons with a history of mental disorder or defect
How do you protect informants and the investigators?
Precaution should be taken to protect the reputations and safety of informants investigators.
Some informants may require additional precautions, what are they?
- Addicts should be careful carefully supervised and controlled
Parolees-Should be avoided whenever possible. Parolees are prohibited from associating with felons - approval from the informants parole officer is required.
When meeting with informants of the opposite sex what shall happen?
Shall make sure that at least 2 members are present.
What happens if a person comes forward with a willingness to cooperate and provide information?
Unit commander or designee shall interview the person as soon as practical
- investigate the background and suitability of potential informant and
- forward the name and biographical data to the appropriate Detective Captain or Major for entry into the Confidential Informant Database.
What’s the responsibility of the Detective Captain/Major?
Responsible for checking the CIs name against the undesirable informant list
-Notify the Unit Commander if the CI is currently cooperating and or assigned to another section/unit.
What’s the responsibility of the recruiting investigator?
- Fill out a SP405 informant information report when the person is approved to be a CI
- Keep a copy of the SP 405 within the unit
- Debrief the CI regarding their knowledge of other crimes.
What do you need to know about the protecting of informants identity?
The law recognizes the government’s privilege not to reveal the identity of the CI. Protecting the identity of all CI’s from disclosure is an important factor for two reasons:
1) Provides safety from retaliation on the part of the criminals they helped to indicate
2) Disclosure of identity will prevent the informant from assisting on future investigations.
Who shall have access to the informants information?
Units using informants shall maintain a file for CI, keep it locked and secured location accessible only to the unit commander or the designate.
What shall be in the confidential informants file?
- Codename and code number designations
- Biological and background information.
- Criminal history record
- SP 404 standard agreement statement
- Other information deem necessary by the Unit Commander
What are unit commanders responsibilities for confidential informants?
Periodically review and evaluate all informants work performance, usefulness, reliability, desirability and records of payment.
- Meet on a semi-annual basis with all registered informants and officers
- Submit status of informant in writing to DIS commander or DHS commander by January 15 and June 15 of every year.
- Upon termination of informant, summit in writing to DIS commander or DHS Commander the reason for termination
What are expenditures for confidential informants?
Unit commander shall ensure all expenditures related to a CI be recorded on:
- SP 406 confidential expenditure fund voucher and
- SP-407 confidential expenditure fund log as outlined in INV-02A confidential funds.
What are unit commanders responsibilities for expenditures?
-Unit commanders don’t have to record the funds on a SP407 if assigned to the attorney generals office, a district attorneys office, or federal task force where there is an internal mechanism for tracking such confidential funds.
What Is the responsibility of the primary handler when you have an undesirable informants?
The primary handler shall submit a report detailing the CIs undesirable conduct to their unit Commander whenever a CI does the following:
- Endangers officer safety
- Deliberately gives false or misleading information
- Or is otherwise determined to be undesirable as an informant.
What’s the responsibility of the unit commander for undesirable informants?
Unit Commander shall submit to the appropriate detective captain/Major the following:
- Documentation when a CI is terminated for being undesirable
- A copy of the applicable SP 405
- Copy of the primary handler’s report
What’s the detective captain/Major’s responsibility for undesirable informants?
Place a CI on the undesirable informant list maintain by DIS and DHS
What does the member do when the CI provides information for an investigation?
- Members will inform the DA or other agencies of the information provided by the CI and the investigation results
- They then may make recommendations to the DAs office, probation officer or other criminal distance agency for disposition on behalf of the CI
- You should never make any promises to a CI concerning the outcome of a pending court case.
What precautions should you use with confidential informants?
For any interactions with CI should be kept on minimum. Whenever possible and practical meetings with CI shall be attended by two members and with prior notification of the union commander or a supervisor or as soon as possible after the meet
When should a member interact with a confidential informant?
Remember interacts with a confidential informant while not on duty or not during the course of an investigation they shall notify the supervisor as soon as possible and document the reason for such interaction in the CI’s file with a written report.
Whenever practical where you should you meet with a CI?
Whenever practical see I should never report to the units off in order to protect their identity and the identity of other undercover members. CI‘s should not be introduced to more than a minimum of undercover members to ensure that informant’s gain as little information as possible concerning undercover operations in the units activity.
What happens of a member find information that informant has engaged in criminal activity?
That member shall immediately notify the unit commander or designee. The unit commander or designation shall conduct an immediate evaluation of the informant and make every effort to prosecute the CI involved in any unauthorized criminal activity
What do you need to know about search warrants and confidential informants?
Search warrant applications and their accompanying affidavits containing information from a CI shall be reviewed and approved by supervisor before filing the application with the court.