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42D - Confidential Informants <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 2 of 12 <br />PROCEDURES <br /> <br />A. Definitions <br /> <br />1. Source of Information: Any person who provides information about criminal <br />activity to the Department. This includes, but is not limited to, witnesses, <br />other police officers, anonymous tips, and persons who may reveal <br />information through casual conversations. These persons are not <br />confidential informants. <br /> 2. Confidential Informant: A source who: <br /> <br />a. Provides information about criminal activity which may or may <br /> not lead to compensation. <br />b. By virtue of providing information is directed by the contact officer to <br />perform certain lawful acts; or <br />c. By his/her position or knowledge is solicited by the Department to provide <br />information to which [s]he has access. <br />3. Informant Manager: The person designated by the Chief of Police to <br />oversee Confidential Informant usage. The Detective Bureau Commander <br />is assigned this duty. <br /> 4. Contact Officer: A police officer who maintains an ongoing professional <br />relationship with a confidential source. <br /> <br />5. Entrapment: Activity on the part of a police officer that induces or lures an <br />otherwise innocent person to commit a crime that [s]he did not contemplate <br />committing. Entrapment is a defense to criminal charges. It is the implanting <br />of criminal intent in the mind of the person. It includes acts of persuasion, <br />coercion, trickery, or fraud carried out by law enforcement officers or their <br />agents to induce a person to commit a crime which [s]he would not otherwise <br />commit. <br /> <br />6. Master file: A file maintained by the Informant Manager that is maintained <br />in a secure area with limited access. It shall contain a secure master file of <br />current informants, past informants and informant application packets. <br /> <br />B. Development of Confidential Informants <br /> <br />1. Informant Manager: The Chief of Police will designate an Informant Manager <br />to oversee the agency’s use of informants. The Informant Manager for the <br />Department is the Detective Bureau Commander. <br />2. Informant Registration <br /> <br />a. All confidential informants shall be registered with the Bureau <br />Commander. <br />b. Registration of informants is mandatory when an officer: <br />