Informants can be a valuable resource, but it is important to have informants that are reliable and trustworthy. Discuss how investigators determine if an informant is appropriate to use.
What will be an ideal response?
(Question #2) Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.
A) A small amount of money used to purchase drugs during an undercover drug deal and the money is lost so a bigger purchase can be made at a later date.
B) An arrested person is given the choice of providing information to police in exchange for dropping their charges.
C) A person who informs or prefers an accusation against another whom he suspects of the violation of some penal statue.
D) An undercover drug deal in which the seller is not arrested at that time.
E) A plainclothes officer who works with the undercover unit but not in an undercover capacity.
F) Often drug violations, gambling, and prostitution.
G) The degree of gaining access.
H) Provides an opportunity for a suspect to commit a crime, but not induce someone to commit a crime.
I) An undercover drug deal in which the seller is immediately arrested.
J) A long term assignment allowing an officer to gain total trust of a criminal suspect.
1) Deep cover
2) Entrapment
3) Flipping
4) Infiltration
5) Seed money
6) Support officer
7) Victimless crime
8) Informant
9) Buy-bust
10) Buy-walk
(Question #3) There can be a sense of ________ associated with working undercover because of the need to essentially betray the trust of those who have come to trust you.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
(Question #4) ________ is a method that is used by online sexual predators to lure the children they meet.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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