A report found the New Bedford Police Department relies on criminally active confidential informants for drug busts. The city commissioned the report following a Boston Globe series that investigated ...
The NSIRA further examined 16 cases where a confidential source helped agents secure an arrest, deportation or other action.
The Portland Police Bureau cast its use of confidential informants as part of a “measured response” that allows officers to focus on arresting lawbreakers rather than using force indiscriminately ...