HUMAN SOURCES: Managing Confidential Informants

by John Buckley

THE MOST DETAILED BOOK ON CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Human sources, also known as confidential informants, are an essential law enforcement resource in the fight against crime and terrorism. How they are managed has changed little over the years. This book provides law enforcement with details of how to manage human sources, in line with the goals of intelligence-led policing, and in a way that maximizes the amount of information obtained. The book is based on over 35 years of real-world experience and uses research gained from interviews carried out internationally, with hundreds of law enforcement officers. It delivers the structures necessary to ensure ethical behavior and to minimize the risk of corruption. It includes details of new methods that apply psychology, to gain a much greater amount of more accurate information, in interviews with human sources. Written by an internationally recognized expert, it is essential reading for anyone interested in how informants should be managed.

319 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 23, 2020

About the author

John Buckley served over 28 years as a police officer working mainly in the intelligence and counter terrorism arenas.

John consults and delivers training on an international basis to a wide range of agencies. Some of them even bring him back a second time!

John can be contacted at info@hsmtraining.com

Offer him a plane ticket and a case of beer and he is pretty much yours!