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Our book Invest Now or Pay Later provides detailed instruction on how the risk relating to confidential informants should be managed. Risk should be continuously monitored and updated at each review. This will be the common strategy for most risks.
#CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT SERIES#
A series of control measures are put in place to reduce the likelihood and/or the consequences. For example: as we do with car insurance.Ĥ. The financial cost of the event going wrong is transferred to another party. We accept there is a risk but the cost of treating the consequences outweighs the potential loss.ģ. The proposed course of action is not followed.Ģ. Where a risk is documented it can be managed in one of four ways:ġ. O Moral and Ethical – What moral or ethical dilemmas are involved? O Economic risks – What are the potential financial implications? O Legal risks – Is there a conflict with the law or agency policy in what is proposed? O Psychological risks – Will anyone be psychologically damaged?
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O Physical risks – Will anyone get hurt? Informant, public or officer? O Public risks – How would the public view what the law enforcement agency is doing? If you have too many forms (Approximately +20) it is a clear indicator the source is too risky to manage.Ī simple model will guide the completing officer through all the potential risks. Economic – the potential financial cost to the agency.Įach risk should be clearly document in the risk section of the source file. Physical Harm – the injury to any person.Ĥ. Operational – The operational harm to the agency such as the compromise of investigations.ģ. Reputation – the reputation damage to the agency.Ģ. Think rope – then there is less chance of hanging your self or being hung out!ġ. There will be a broad range of potential consequences which must be enumerated. Values for likelihood and consequences should be agreed with five levels for each – very low to very high. Risk should always be stated using two terms likelihood (probability) the chances of the thing happening, and consequences (impact) the result of it happening.
#CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT ISO#
The method used for managing risk should be an internationally recognised method, such as contained in the International Standards Organisation ISO 31018 and have an agreed vocabulary within the agency. This will include, privacy legislation, health and safety legislation and any local laws that pertain to managing sources. Risk should be managed in away that ensures compliance with local legislation. Here are a few key ideas in relation to the managing risk with sources: Generally speaking, within law enforcement risk management is a poorly understood concept, with officers paying the amount of attention to it that at best can be described as tokenism. When it comes to managing human sources (confidential informants, CHIS, HUMINT) it is critical to get the balance right between the benefits that can be gained from the source and the risks involved in managing the source.