Colorado Police Department Confidential Informant Declaration of Understanding and Agreement

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A confidential informants work for the government, often secretly, to gather and provide information or to testify, sometimes in exchange for cash or leniency in punishment for their own crimes. Courts have clearly recognized that confidential police informers play a vital role in law enforcement. The near absolute privilege attached to the identity of these individuals is premised upon the duty of all citizens to aid in enforcing the law and is meant to protect these individuals against retribution from those involved in crime.


This form is a generic example that may be referred to when preparing such a form for your particular state. It is for illustrative purposes only. Local laws should be consulted to determine any specific requirements for such a form in a particular jurisdiction.

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THREE TYPES OF POLICE INFORMANTS INCLUDE CRIMINALS, CITIZENS, AND POLICE OFFICERS. THE CRIMINAL USUALLY INFORMS FOR SOME POLICE FAVOR, BUT CAN CREATE RELIABILITY PROBLEMS. USUALLY, CRIMINAL INFORMANTS MUST HAVE PROVIDED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST OR INFORMATION IMPLICATING THEMSELVES.

A source can be someone in the community who happens to know about criminal activity in the area. Informants differ from sources because they have been proven reliable and their information can be verified.

2014, informant. (Someone who informs against another; esp., one who confidentially supplies information to the police about a crime, sometimes in exchange for a reward or special treatment.

Citizen-informants are people who just happen to witness or otherwise have knowledge about a crime, and who approach the police with that info without expecting anything in return. Example: Jerry is involved in a bar brawl in which someone is stabbed.

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.

The blanket term informant covers two distinct types of informers: citizen-informants, and police confidential informers.

INFORMANTS MUST GIVE THEIR CORRECT NAMES AND ADDRESSES AT TRIAL TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY ONLY IF THEIR TESTIMONY DIFFERS FROM THE DEFENDANT'S AND THE DEFENSE WISHES TO IMPEACH. WITNESSES NEED NOT BE DISCLOSED AT TRIAL IF IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT THEIR HARM WILL ENSUE.

Sources of information may be anonymous callers, police officers, citizen informants and others. Citizen informants generally provide information as a result of their belief in good citizenship, or because they're either witnesses to or victims of crime.

Uses the term Confidential Informant, while the DEA uses the term Confidential Source. Both terms refer to any individual who provides useful and credible information to a Department of Justice (DOJ) law enforcement agent regarding criminal activities, and from whom the DOJ law enforcement agent expects or intends

An 'informant' is an individual who gives information about crime or persons associated with crime (other than making a statement of evidence as a witness), such information being given freely, whether or not for financial reward or advantage and where that individual has the expectation of their identity being

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