Michigan Agreement between Informant and Police Department or Other Law Enforcement Agency

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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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According to the Confidential Informant Guidelines, a confidential informant or "CI" is "any individual who provides useful and credible information to a Justice Law Enforcement Agency (JLEA) regarding felonious criminal activities and from whom the JLEA expects or intends to obtain additional useful and credible

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

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.

First is the identified citizen informant. This type of informant, i.e. an off-duty policeman, is deemed the most reliable of the three and is highly-credited by the courts.

As nouns the difference between informer and informant is that informer is one who informs someone else about something while informant is one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

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.

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.

Snitch. Definition - one who snitches; a tattletale.

A person who secretly gives information to the police about criminal activity: FBI agents had been monitoring phone conversations and receiving inside information from confidential informants.

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Michigan Agreement between Informant and Police Department or Other Law Enforcement Agency