Cancellation is the formal notification that for whatever reason the informant is no longer being used by the agency, as an informant.

Too often informants are kept ‘on the books’ simply because no one takes them ‘off the books.’Ĭancellation. This may be one month, three months or six months. At a specified time, there should be a mandatory review of the authorization to ensure the informant is achieving what was expected. The maximum duration should be one year after which it must be reviewed. The authorization will include any parameters set by the authorizing officer and include the date and time of commencement of the authorization and the date and time of termination.

It should also address civil liberties and detail the risks associated with the management of that source.Īuthorization. An application to formally register and use the informant should be submitted by the officer managing the informant, through a supervisor to an appropriate rank who has sufficient authority to say on behalf of the agency: ‘It is ok to use this person as a registered informant.’ Applications should detail the nature of the investigation, and how the use of that informant will help. This section of the file should be held in a sealed envelope so that it is more difficult to see the true identity of the source.Īpplication. A form containing all personal details of the source including name, address, Date of birth, employment, contact numbers and the names of immediate family members. If they are not present the informant is not being managed properly: Regardless, here are ten records that should be present in every informant file. Ideally, this should be done on a secure computerized system. For each informant, there must be a centrally administered file containing all records. Confidential Informants (Human Sources, Covert Human Intelligence Sources, CHIS,) cannot be managed safely unless there exists within the agency structures that provide central oversight of all informants.

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