CC291 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 2006 Ontario Terrorism Plot, Sex And The Law, Homicide
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The investigation of criminal offences is an important, or at least suspects identi ed. (p. Improperly conduced case investigations perpetrators are overlooked. (p. 273) Investigators need to keep up changes in law, court decisions, police policies, ect. In doing, case investigation, informants are also used, and the relevant policies and procedures pertaining to their use comes from respective police service (s); no national standards exists. Informants may be paid but they also may not; payments can range from low to the millions: an investigation into hells angels involved paying mission to the informant to wear a. Wire"; the toronto 18 investigation involved paying million to two informants. !2: section 25 of the criminal code allows for informants to commit certain criminal acts (violence is not allowed) Informants have certain privileges; police agents do not because they fork for the police.
