The use of confidential informants is a necessary tool to achieve success in a variety of criminal investigations, especially narcotics investigations. Therefore, it is crucial that every new investigator fully understands the basic principles of managing and controlling informants, as well as understanding the importance of effective informant cultivation techniques and vetting. Informant selection, debriefing (interviewing), vetting, management, deployment, and officer safety will be instructed in this course. Additionally, the importance of defined policies, court expectations, problematic behaviors by informants, avoiding mistakes when handling informants, and effective informant deactivation will be discussed.
Course Topics Include:
Informants versus Sources versus Confidential Informants
The usefulness of confidential informants in criminal investigations
Types of informants and their motivations
Guidelines for informant selection and vetting
Informants debriefing (interviewing) process and evaluation
Importance of policies and procedures for use of informants
Effectively managing meetings and controlled buys with informants
Compensation process for confidential informants
Maintenance of informant confidentiality and the court process
Recognizing and avoiding mistakes and problems with informants
Common issues with informants and when/how to terminate agreements Officer/Investigator safety when dealing with informants
Instructor: Sgt. Randy Osburn (retired) spent over 28 years with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office in Wichita, Kansas. Most of his career was spent working in narcotics investigations, including assignments as an undercover detective, drug investigator, DEA Task Force Officer, and nine years as the narcotics unit supervisor. Sgt. Osburn has extensive experience conducting complex narcotics investigations, conspiracy investigations, informant cultivation and management, undercover drug buys, and planning tactical operations. He is a primary instructor for narcotics-related training courses for the Kansas Narcotics Officers Association (KNOA), Homefront Protective Group Law Enforcement Training, and the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center.
Cost: $95.00
Register: https://homefrontprotect.com/Informants080924
