Exam 8: Management of Informants and Undercover Operations

Undercover work is one of the most ________ jobs that a police officer can undertake.

Mercenary informants give information in exchange for a fee.

Discuss the four key points of what you do with an informant upon making the decision to utilize them in your investigations.

You are assigned as an undercover officer.Discuss the four key types of people who often become informants.Further discuss which type of informant would be more beneficial to you and why.

The reformed informant is motivated by a sense of guilt.

Another word for informant is:

This is recognized when an undercover officer convinces a criminal suspect to commit a crime they were not predisposed to commit:

_______ occurs when an undercover officer convinces a criminal suspect to commit a crime he or she was not predisposed to commit.

Which of the following statements most clearly indicates entrapment?

_____ ____ is money required to initiate an undercover drug transaction.

Which of the following is a major problem with the use of informants?

The revengeful informant seeks to help those involved with criminal activity,not the police.

The elements of an undercover operation include:

The Supreme Court case Aguilar v.Texas established the two-pronged test regarding an informant's information.

The term "buy-bust" would be applied to an undercover operation in which illicit drugs were purchased and the individual selling the drugs was placed under arrest.

Typically,undercover officers will be involved in a short period of "bobbing,weaving,and circling."

The _____typically makes the introduction in undercover work.

Which of the following is the best recommendation for maintaining control of an informant?

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