Can police use a CI if they have knowledge that the CI is involved in and is committing crimes not sanctioned by them?
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Can police use a CI if they have knowledge that the CI is involved in and is committing crimes not sanctioned by them?
We have a CI in our town that has and still is committing crimes including theft, drug trafficking, possession of a firearm concealed and loaded with out a permit.
Asked on May 29, 2014 under Criminal Law, Ohio
Answers:
Richard Southard / Law Office of Richard Southard
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
Yes the police can use them still. Their best strategy is to take the information from the CI and build their own case/evidence from it. Sometimes they intentionally turn a blind eye to the CI's current crimes and then use it at a later time to invalidate whatever promises or consideration the CI was going to get. This way the police get the best of both worlds: They get the information and they get to tell the CI that their deal is off because of new crimes.
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