Full Answer Section

How to Deal with the Three Informants

The team should deal with the three informants based on their behavior as follows:

• The informant who is flirting with team members: The team should speak to the informant privately and inform her that her behavior is unprofessional and unacceptable. The team should also make it clear that if she continues to behave in this way, she will be dropped as an informant.
• The informant who brings coffee and pastries to meetings: The team should thank the informant for his thoughtfulness, but they should also let him know that it is not necessary for him to bring them food and drinks. The team should also make sure that he is not being treated as a member of the team.
• The informant who is overwhelming the team with potential targets: The team should speak to the informant privately and thank him for his information. However, they should also let him know that they are not able to investigate all of the targets he has provided. The team should prioritize the targets that they believe are the most important and feasible to investigate.

How to Run Informants on the Street

I would tell the members of the team to run informants on the street in the following way:

• Be professional: The team members should maintain a professional relationship with their informants. This means that they should avoid flirting with or having sexual relationships with their informants, and they should not treat their informants as members of the team.
• Be honest and transparent: The team should be honest and transparent with their informants about the risks and rewards of working with the police. They should also be fair and impartial in their dealings with their informants.
• Protect their confidentiality: The team has a responsibility to protect the confidentiality of their informants. This means that they should not disclose the informants’ identities to anyone outside of the team, and they should take steps to minimize the risk of the informants being identified. The team is also responsible for ensuring that their informants are not put in danger.

I believe that this approach will be effective because it will help to maintain the trust and cooperation of the informants. When informants feel respected and valued, they are more likely to provide accurate and reliable information.

In addition to the above, I would also recommend that the team develop a formal informant policy. This policy should outline the team’s expectations for informants, as well as the team’s procedures for protecting the confidentiality and safety of informants. The policy should also be reviewed and updated on a regular basis.