The Backup Training Corporation

Managing Street Informants (8-hour course) Instructed by Craig Michaels

Informants, snitches, stool pigeons, rats, and stoolies are a necessary evil to make criminal cases.

This course will teach you the uses and pitfalls of developing and managing informants.

Because of the sensitivity of the information provided in this course, it will only be available to certified law enforcement officers.

I. WHO ARE INFORMANTS?

Nobody Likes a Rat
Sammy the Bull
Why Use Informants?
How to Use Informants
Officer Introductions

II. WHO IS RELIABLE?

Making a Buy
Who Are Informants?
Citizen Informants
Law Enforcement Informants
Firsthand Information
How Long Is Someone Reliable?
Verify the Information

III. INFORMANT MOTIVES

Determining Motives
Money As a Motive
Revenge
Good Citizens
Wanna-bes
Eliminate Competition
Answer the Phone
Arrests
Crack on Everybody
Don't Make the Informant a Better Crook
Get Don't Give Information

IV. DEPARTMENT POLICY

Parole and Probation
Prosecutors and Judges

V. PITFALLS AND PROBLEMS

Practical Considerations
Will Informants Testify?
Major Investigations
Area Intelligence Units
When Things Go Wrong
Slick Operator
Juvenile Informants

VI. MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Informant Package
Inactive Informant Files
Pending Charges
Be Specific With Informant
"Operation Swordfish"
Act Like a Crook
Breaking the Law
Informants and Attorneys
Informant Contracts
Informant Protection
Jailhouse Informants

VII. COMMON SCENARIOS

Informant Instructions
Search Warrants
The Hobbs Rule: Sealing Affidavits
Civil Liabilities

Testimonials - Add Your Comments

"I enjoyed the features that brought in real-life scenarios. The information was presented, as usual, in a logical easy to read format."

Jeffory Arms
US Fish and Wildlife
Sahuarita, AZ

"This class was very informative, I'm currently in patrol, but I have been involved in deep undercover operations before where I could have used some of this information. Great work and thanks for the information."

Lazaro A. Ramos
Pender County Sheriff's Office
Surf City, NC

"The course helped me quite a bit. It gave me new and different ideas on talking to and handling informants. I use informants on a daily basis and write warrants behind them on a regular basis. Because informants are so vital to my work, this was a great opportunity to get fresh input and give me new ideas."

Patricia Lopez
Tucumcari Police Department
Tucumcari, NM

"Wow, I enjoyed this class a lot. Thanks for providing the information."

Sgt. Thomason
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Weiser, ID

"This was a good course. The video instructions were very good and helpful in illustrating the points of informants and things that can go wrong. The information was presented in a clear and precise manner and was easy to understand."

Ben Schwandt
Cass County Sheriff's Department
Fargo, ND

"I really like the way you have turned the lessons around. In the past, it seemed that you were expected to know all of the answers first and then you would get the text. I could not find anything about this course that I did not like. The information was very well laid out. I can only study during short breaks with long work intervals in between. This format made it easy to retain the information between lessons. I really enjoyed the course. The section on contracts will be especially helpful to my department, as we have not used them in the past."

Deputy Sheriff Carole Rogers Davis
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office
New Orleans, LA
Managing Street Informants Course

"The instructor seemed more than knowledgeable and had a generally likeable television appearance. As always, thanks a lot from U.S. Navy Law Enforcement!"

James Meadows
USS Carl Vinson
Managing Street Informants Course

" [The] information that was given in both text and visually, followed up by the test, was a good way of tracking and retaining the information given."

Michael Fisher
Kettle Falls Police Department
Kettle Falls, WA
Managing Street Informants Course

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