What are some reasons someone may be an informant?

People become informants for the following reasons:

• Revenge.
• Jealousy.
• Fear of jail/resolution of criminal charge/working off a case.
• Good citizenship/the ordinary citizen who wants to do his civic duty.
• Repentance.
• Money.
• Elimination of competition.
• Eccentrics.

How does being a police informant work?

Usually what’s involved with the confidential informant is that, You give all the information you know to the police. For example, who you bought from all the deals and stuff like that. You go and make what they call controlled buys for the police where the police are observing you.

How do the police use informants in drug cases?

Sometimes an informant will simply inform the detective when a suspect has the drugs in their car or house so the police can raid them. The police may do a combination of these things as well. For more serious cases the police will often have the informant make several transactions before they arrest a suspect.

What is the problem with being an informant?

The problem that most people have with being an informant is that depending upon how serious the case is, frequently the case is not serious enough to warrant the client thinking of becoming an informant, a confidential informant for the police. We should back up as to what is usually involved with the confidential informant.

Why don’t police always use confidential informants?

Whereas the guy that needed to be the confidential informants because they need to help on their case, frequently the police don’t want that type of person to be the confidential informant because they just don’t rely on him enough.

Why do I need a lawyer for informant protection?

Because the police and prosecution will usually not make any promises, it is vitally important that you have an attorney that has an excellent working relationship with detectives and the prosecution. That relationship is what will protect an informant from being betrayed by the police or prosecution.