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In regard to CFA standard 15.03 – can you provide me with some examples of the “special precautions” your agency takes with juvenile informants?
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h. Special precautions to be taken with juvenile informants (CFA 15.03M G):
1) Approval from a Division Commander or designee is required prior to using a juvenile as a confidential informant (CFA 15.03M H).
2) Written permission must be obtained from the parents or guardians of the juvenile before use.
3) Approval will only be granted if an assistant state attorney has been consulted.
4) The judge must give permission if a juvenile is on probation, controlled by the Department of Juvenile Justice, or has pending charges.
5) Juvenile informants must be provided the same terms and agreements that adult informants are given, and the juvenile informants must agree to abide by such.
6) Any meetings with juveniles require two or more deputies present.
7) Any deputy working with a juvenile of the opposite sex will always do so in the presence of another deputy. There will be no exceptions.E. Juvenile Informant (CFA 15.03):
Hello….see our policy portion below for juvenile CI:The department discourages establishing any CI less than eighteen years of age and prohibits
establishing a CI who is under twelve years of age, unless approved by the Chief of Police or
designee. If any CI is a juvenile, the member must obtain signed consent from the CI’s parent or
legal guardian, which will be submitted with the CI Source Packet prior to utilization. In addition,
the CI’s parent or legal guardian will be kept informed as to the use of the juvenile CI at all times
without exception. The rationale for use of a juvenile CI shall be detailed in the CI’s Activation
Memo.
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