I have a very serious question on a drug dealer

[spitfire]

I'd only be worried if she was breathing heavily.....well no I really wouldn't worry about that either

Leave it to guys... :rolleyes: :D

[txinvestigator1]

Leave it to guys... :D

It was the breathing I enjoyed :D !!

[Star]

Anonymous information is usually regarded as not very credible unless the person gives a lot of details that can be checked out.

We round file the ones that say, "I want to report Joe Smith. He's a drug dealer, and if you just investigate him, you will find out I am telling you the truth."

If you don't trust us enough to give us your name, why should we trust you enough to act on your information?

Absolutely!!! Joey, ya can't top this info from the Drug Enforcement Agency. Listen to him!

[Valor55]

We get anonymous calls about drug dealing constantly. They are ignored because they are vague and we are too busy. They don't go to detectives. They aren't followed up on. They are useless.

If you are worried about being identified to your old pal, go to the PD and go inside and ask to speak to someone. You won't get the patrol car parked in your driveway. The information you give will be far more credible and taken more seriously.

If you call in an anonymous tip I can pretty much guarantee it will end up in the trash and nothing will happen.

[Wombat311]

We've pretty much been told that for ongoing investigations, anonymous informant will not be enough for a warrant. Registered informers on the other hand go quite a bit further.
Their idetity is protected, but we know who they are.

[Rad Diver]

Contact your local agency and ask the officer to send the info to the narcotics unit.

If you choose to be anonymous, then so be it. I just send memos requesting our narc unit to investigate.

[wacodep]

We've pretty much been told that for ongoing investigations, anonymous informant will not be enough for a warrant.

Sure, but you're preaching to the choir -- I don't think that anybody, myself included, is disputing this.

An anonymous tip - in,of and by itself - is NOT enough to create PC. It's the value of the information you provide in the tip -- more specifically, details of future actions by the perp that prove that the anonymous tip is reliable -- that helps make the tip enough for PC.

Keep in mind that there ARE cases where citizens are just flat out too scared to ID themselves (e.g., they fear retribution from the perp, his fellow gang members, his family, etc.), but that doesn't mean they don't want the problem addressed.

But, yes it IS best to provide YOUR information when providing a tip, as credibility is much more easily/readily confirmed and a judge is much more likely to issue a warrant versus an anonymous tip and "totality".