Confidential Informant Development NO COST

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This 8-hour, tuition-free Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Training course will capitalize on the foundations of communication to identify potential confidential informants. Specific skills will provide a baseline for a deeper look into the practical application of identifying, cultivating, nurturing, deployment, and management of long-term informants for criminal investigations. The student will be provided instruction on how to identify potential sources, do's and don'ts of source development, recruitment, expectations, policy, procedure, case law, defense attorney tricks and tactics, timelines, and case studies in all the previously mentioned strategies. The goal of this course is to teach proven and reliable identification strategies for source development accompanied by strategies for long-term maximum possibilities.

Course Topics Include:

• The "One Shot" Concept

• Teamwork, Networking, and Commitment

• The Communication Process

• Types of Informants

• How and Where Do We Find Them?

• 3 Mandates for CI Success

• CI Disqualifies and Management

• Policy and Procedure

• Mind Changers and Workload Expectations

• The 24/48 Hour Rule

• Report Writing and Documentation

• Protecting the Informant

• If They Don't Work Out

• Community Outreach

• Pitfalls

• Case Studies

  NO COST

Tuition-Free thru MCTFT!

Training provided by the Florida National Guard Counterdrug Training Program 

Location: Jefferson County Sheriffs Training Center

3500 Happy Hollow Lane Fultondale, AL 35068

Contact: Deputy Director Tommie Black, blackt@jccal.org, 205-849-5246 or Sergeant Bill Powell 205-849-5346.