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Articlesby Eric DaigleOctober 14, 2022

Point of Law: Using Informants to Conduct Searches

While investigating a public employee, the FBI used a disgruntled associate to search for evidence. It didn’t go well.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2020

Cleveland Detective Killed in Shooting, Suspects in Custody

Detective James Skernivitz was working on an undercover drug deal and he and his informant were ambushed while sitting in the car.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2017

FL Woman Tipped Off Drug Dealers About Investigation to Get Back at Detective-Husband

A FL elementary school teacher who tried to get revenge against her husband by tipping off drug dealers that they were under investigation should spend the next eight years in federal prison because the consequences of her actions were so serious, prosecutors say.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJanuary 7, 2013

Informants and Promotion Exams

Foremost among my thoughts on informants is that I wouldn't want to find myself at the mercy of anyone whose inclination to sell out others has been well established.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2012

N.J. Detective Banned from Public Employment

An Eatontown (N.J.) Police detective has been banned from law enforcement after he pleaded guilty to criminal coercion and evidence tampering.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarDecember 5, 2012

Cultivating Effective Gang Informants

In the long war between police gang fighters and the outlaw criminal gangs, gang defectors can be important and valuable allies. Unless someone in your team has the ability to recruit, cultivate, and utilize criminal informants, you're just functioning as procedural processors relying on chance to develop cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2012

4 Calif. Men Arrested In Terror Plot

The FBI has arrested four Southern California men who planned to join a "violent jihad" and attack U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2012

Black Panthers' Gun Supplier Was FBI Informant

A prominent 1960s Black Panther Party activist who supplied the group with its first firearms that were used in gun battles with Oakland police was working as an FBI informant.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 16, 2012

Fla. Officer Arrested for Perjury, Misconduct

A Delray Beach (Fla.) Police officer has been arrested on perjury and official misconduct, the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office said today.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2012

NYPD Cop's Killer Was Police Informant

One of the three killers of a New York Police Department officer was a registered police informant at the time of the shooting.

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