Being a Confidential Informant
Being a confidential informant (CI) is not a glamorous job. The “pay,” if there is any, is not very good. The people you are working for don't really trust you. And if that isn't enough, your job is to betray your former associates, which are other criminals. About the only thing worse than being a CI is going to jail, which is a very real option for many people that eventually become CIs. So, if you pick up one thing from this book, let it be this:
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ARRESTED—EVER!
The cops usually offer the job of a CI to selected “defendants” that have the right stuff. Unlike the definition of the right stuff of the Original 7[1], here it means that the person must be facing charges with significant jail time, ...
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