by Andrew Barbacki | Jan 23, 2012 | informants
News of the arrest of a retired Montreal police officer for offering information identifying confidential informers to organized crime figures caused quite a stir in the law enforcement community as well as in the Montreal criminal underworld. This is understandable...
by Andrew Barbacki | May 11, 2010 | evidence
Unlike the privilege attaching to journalists’ sources, as defined in the recent Supreme Court case discussed below, the privilege attaching to police informers is absolute. An agent of the state is never required, and indeed is bound not to, reveal the source...
