CITP EXAM 2 LEARNING COMPANION
2026 TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORKS AND
APPLICATION INSIGHTS
◉ Common uses of informants
Answer: o Make observations or perform surveillance in areas
where a stranger would be suspect
o Furnish information from a source not readily available to the
investigator
o Conduct controlled undercover negotiations and purchases of
evidence from suspects, and/or introduce UC agents to suspects for
the same purpose
o Help establish "probable cause" for search warrant
o Testify at legal proceedings
o Gather intelligence
◉ What information should an Investigator obtain about the
informant's background
Answer: · Mental, emotional, and physical status
· Criminal and employment history
· Educational history
· Political ideology
,◉ What should be documented in regards to informants?
Answer: Suitability factors
Informant Files
Informant agreements
Debriefing informants
termination/deactivation informants
◉ What type of information should be contained in an informant
file?
Answer: Should contain documentation about all infomration (both
good and bad) that the informant has provided to LE. Each contact
with the informant should be documented with the date, time, place,
witnesses present, and a synopsis of the discussion.
◉ What are LE notes?
Answer: · Written products
· Logs
· Photographs
· Diagrams, sketches, maps
◉ LE notes must be
, Answer: -Accurate-correct and objective info. Keep hearsay,
opinions, conclusions and inferences out of your notes
-Complete-detailed enough to allow an accurate recall of activity
(Who what when where why and how)
-Concise-essential facts, filter out irrelevancies. When in doubt,
write it down.
-Clear-use common abbreviation, last name instead of shorthand,
agency policy and judicial districts vary, know your rules and
customer, be clear to avoid claims of concealment from defense and
to help fellow agents understand
-Objective (fair)-font let your personal feelings or opinions in
considering what to write in the notes
◉ What is JENKS MATERIAL?
Answer: Government must turn over statements, notes, etc. of
government witness during a trial (notes, text messages with
informants, etc.)
◉ What is BRADY MATERIAL?
2026 TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORKS AND
APPLICATION INSIGHTS
◉ Common uses of informants
Answer: o Make observations or perform surveillance in areas
where a stranger would be suspect
o Furnish information from a source not readily available to the
investigator
o Conduct controlled undercover negotiations and purchases of
evidence from suspects, and/or introduce UC agents to suspects for
the same purpose
o Help establish "probable cause" for search warrant
o Testify at legal proceedings
o Gather intelligence
◉ What information should an Investigator obtain about the
informant's background
Answer: · Mental, emotional, and physical status
· Criminal and employment history
· Educational history
· Political ideology
,◉ What should be documented in regards to informants?
Answer: Suitability factors
Informant Files
Informant agreements
Debriefing informants
termination/deactivation informants
◉ What type of information should be contained in an informant
file?
Answer: Should contain documentation about all infomration (both
good and bad) that the informant has provided to LE. Each contact
with the informant should be documented with the date, time, place,
witnesses present, and a synopsis of the discussion.
◉ What are LE notes?
Answer: · Written products
· Logs
· Photographs
· Diagrams, sketches, maps
◉ LE notes must be
, Answer: -Accurate-correct and objective info. Keep hearsay,
opinions, conclusions and inferences out of your notes
-Complete-detailed enough to allow an accurate recall of activity
(Who what when where why and how)
-Concise-essential facts, filter out irrelevancies. When in doubt,
write it down.
-Clear-use common abbreviation, last name instead of shorthand,
agency policy and judicial districts vary, know your rules and
customer, be clear to avoid claims of concealment from defense and
to help fellow agents understand
-Objective (fair)-font let your personal feelings or opinions in
considering what to write in the notes
◉ What is JENKS MATERIAL?
Answer: Government must turn over statements, notes, etc. of
government witness during a trial (notes, text messages with
informants, etc.)
◉ What is BRADY MATERIAL?
