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I'm wondering if you get paid for leading officers to illegal drugs?

Some Confidential Informants get paid.

It depends on the nature of the information you have and the department in question. You will probably need to give some good info (that leads to seizures or arrests) first to prove your credibility before they start paying money...

-Citicop.

Some Confidential Informants get paid.

It depends on the nature of the information you have and the department in question. You will probably need to give some good info (that leads to seizures or arrests) first to prove your credibility before they start paying money...

-Citicop.

Like, i have a lead and im not sure what really is there, i heard coke, weed, acid, and other things and im not the type of person to turn people in but i need money. im not even sure if there is any illegal drugs. but if their are is it possible i can get paid?

Like, i have a lead and im not sure what really is there, i heard coke, weed, acid, and other things and im not the type of person to turn people in but i need money. im not even sure if there is any illegal drugs. but if their are is it possible i can get paid?

Probably not.

In order for information to be useful to the police, it has to be specific. "John Smith will have 2 kilos of heroin in the trunk of a blue Chevy Cobalt parked on the grass behind his house at 123 Main Street. He gets a new shipment every Tuesday and picks it up from a warehouse across from the stadium downtown." That has info that is super specific and has elements that can be verified by the police ahead of time.

Saying, "I heard from this guy I know that John Smith might have some illegal drugs at his house," will do no good at all. Not for the Police, and not for you.

-Citicop.

You're probably better off applying for a "real" job if you need money.

It's nice to know you feel giving this info is only important if it benefits you financially though.

I'm wondering if you get paid for leading officers to illegal drugs?

If the police don't work out for you, there's always the rival drug dealer. Shop your conscience.

Based on what you have said , your credibility is SHOT. We wouldn't talk to you any further.

Like, i have a lead and im not sure what really is there, i heard coke, weed, acid, and other things and im not the type of person to turn people in but i need money. im not even sure if there is any illegal drugs. but if their are is it possible i can get paid?

I hope you're joking, but I have a sneaking suspicion you're not. :nonod:

Actually, some of my best drug informants just needed the money. I can't recall ever having an informant that worked for me for moral reasons. People like that don't know squat about drug dealers. It takes someone like the OP who's dirty enough to get close. I'd use him particularly if he was just doing it for the money.

To the OP, you don't get money just by telling the cops about a dealer. We already know who a lot of dealers are. We need enough solid info to get a search warrant and they would entail you doing some hand to hand buys for us. We do what we can to protect your identity, but there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

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Actually, some of my best drug informants just needed the money. I can't recall ever having an informant that worked for me for moral reasons. People like that don't know squat about drug dealers. It takes someone like the OP who's dirty enough to get close. I'd use him particularly if he was just doing it for the

I agree with the above, but the OP is so vague he'd likely be worthless to use as a CI. I can't see a warrant being given for, "I think there's maybe drugs in this house, but I don't know for sure.". That's junk info.

I agree with the above, but the OP is so vague he'd likely be worthless to use as a CI. I can't see a warrant being given for, "I think there's maybe drugs in this house, but I don't know for sure.". That's junk info.

Mathematically speaking, that could be said of ANY house.

For any given house there are two possibilities:

1.) There are drugs inside.
2.) There are NOT drugs inside.

Ergo, there is a 50% chance of drugs in any house (if you have no further information available).

We could discuss this more, but then I fear that Schrödinger would be invoked, and I am starting to feel sorry for that cat.

-Citicop.

I agree with the above, but the OP is so vague he'd likely be worthless to use as a CI. I can't see a warrant being given for, "I think there's maybe drugs in this house, but I don't know for sure.". That's junk info.

I was addressing the apparent disdain for people who snitch for money. You don't get Eagle Scouts as drug informants.

I was addressing the apparent disdain for people who snitch for money. You don't get Eagle Scouts as drug informants.

No doubt, and I know you have a substantial drug enforcement background, so I know full well you know the game better than I. I was just addressing the fact the OP needs to find another means of income, his info is junk.

I was addressing the apparent disdain for people who snitch for money. You don't get Eagle Scouts as drug informants.

I don't know of anyone around here paying informants. Usually they give the info up to save their own *** from charges.

I don't know of anyone around here paying informants. Usually they give the info up to save their own *** from charges.

We use both. Some are working off cases, but others do it for the cash. There are all sorts of reasons. Some are trying to clean up their act and want to burn their bridges. Sometimes it's even people trying to do away with the competition. The reason doesn't matter one bit to us as long as they can make good buys from decent size dealers and we can make cases.

I don't know of anyone around here paying informants. Usually they give the info up to save their own *** from charges.

We refer to those as Cooperating Defendants, not Confidential Informants. CI's get paid, CD's get consideration.

We use both. Some are working off cases, but others do it for the cash. There are all sorts of reasons. Some are trying to clean up their act and want to burn their bridges. Sometimes it's even people trying to do away with the competition. The reason doesn't matter one bit to us as long as they can make good buys from decent size dealers and we can make cases.

We use both as well. More often than not, most CI's who start off working charges end up working for us later for money. There are some nights that the CI makes more money than we do, with payments going up depending on the target and the amount of drugs purchased/seized.

I guess it's because I have only worked small departments. They don't even want to pay us.