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Confidential Informant

A person who cooperates with a law enforcement agency confidentially in order to protect the person or the MPD’s intelligence gathering or investigative efforts, and:

  1. Seeks to:
    1. Avoid arrest or prosecution for a crime; or
    2. Mitigate punishment for a crime in which a sentence will be or has been imposed; or
    3. Receive a monetary or other benefit;
  2. Is able, by reason of the person’s familiarity or close association with suspected criminals, to:
    1. Make a controlled buy or controlled sale of contraband, controlled substance, or other items that are material to a criminal investigation;
    2. Supply regular or constant information about suspected or actual criminal activities to a law enforcement agency;
    3. Otherwise provide information important to ongoing criminal intelligence gathering or criminal investigative efforts.
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