Exam 8: Management of Informants and Undercover Operations

________ means one's ability to be believed.

Matching Locate the correct matches from Column 1 to Column 2

In which case did the Supreme Court adopt a "totality of the circumstances" approach to the use of informant information?

Which of the following persons has been "flipped"?

The reason why someone does something is known as their _______.

Anyone who provide information of an investigative nature to law enforcement is this:

______ _______ is working undercover for extended periods of time.

There is no reason why most police organizations should not utilize undercover agents.

You have decided that you want to use informants in the course of working as an undercover officer.You have set up an interview with a potential candidate who has chosen to work as an informant simply to remove drugs off of the streets.Create a list of questions (minimum 5)that you will ask this person upon interviewing them.

Motivations for a criminal informant fall into this category:

Which of the following best describes the "two-pronged test" established in the case of Aguilar v.Texas (1964)that allows the use of an informant's information to establish probable cause?

Maintaining control of an informant is of major concern to law enforcement administrators and the criminal justice system.What are some considerations that control officers need to keep in mind in order to maintain control of informants and to avoid the issue of entrapment?