Exam 8: Management of Informants and Undercover Operations

The fearful informant provides information based only on fear of law enforcement.

A ______ story is a fictitious story that the agent uses.

The egotistical informant takes great delight in passing on information to others.

Entrapment occurs when undercover agents:

In Illinois v.Gates,the Supreme Court adopted a "_____of the _____" approach to the use of informant information.

People who become informants generally fall within this category:

The 1990 case of Alabama v.White held that an anonymous tip,absent of other corroborating information about a suspect,could not form the basis for an investigatory stop.

Stress can result from an apparent lack of direction of the investigation and not knowing when it will ____.

A long-term undercover investigation is typically called a "deep cover" operation.

Undercover work is said to have the largest amount of:

Simply defined,the "cover story" is:

Courts have ruled that police departments should avoid paying informants and exchanging leniency for information due to entrapment issues.

Which of the following is of the LEAST concern regarding the use of informants?

It is legal for an undercover officer to induce a suspect to commit a crime.

An undercover officer typically:

A police informant may legitimately conduct "controlled" undercover transactions.

One's ability to be believed is a person's:

This is the undercover officer's worst enemy:

Which of the following is one of the primary investigative tools used in working undercover that typically makes the introduction?

Discuss the four common types of people who become informants.