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A type of informant who may be one of the lesser gang members who run to the police when his gang mates are about to be involved in dangerous situations or when the gang he belongs to is hot on the police trail. He is motivated by anxiety and self-preservation of his well-being and will furnish the information to protect himself and as a means in sustaining his feeling of self-importance. This type is the weakest link in the composition of the criminal chain.
Frightened informant
The simplest type of questioning used in criminal cases. A type of interview where it is designed to obtain personal background regarding the subject.
BACKGROUND INTERVIEW
One of the motives of informant is that those lesser criminals such as accomplices or accessories who will have a change in heart to unburden their conscience.
Repentance
It is a conversation with a purpose, motivated by a desire to obtain certain information from the person being interviewed as to what was done, seen, felt, heard, tasted, smell or known.
Interview
This kind of informant has information for sale. He may have been victimized in a double-cross or little share in the loot or given a dirty deal and seeks revenge as well as profit in his disclosure.
Mercenary informant
A type of question that restrict possible answer that the subject had already determined.
Force Choice Question
These are the reluctant type of witnesses. They are found among the uneducated and of a low level of intelligence. The technique to be applied is to go down to their level of intelligence and interrogation.
Know-nothing Type
A type of interview where questions are phrased in a manner that the subjects answer is based on his/her personal opinion.
Subjective Interview
This is the uncooperative and indifferent subject. To deal with them is to find out their field of interest so that they will talk. Their indifference should be demolished to arouse their interest or be flattered.
Disinterested Type
Witnesses who lack the courage to face the suspect, his associates, or relatives always entertain this. This is natural, especially for those who have no means to protect themselves, or no influential persons for them to rely on. This is prevalent among the generally underprivileged sectors of our society. The investigator must remove these fears from the mind of his witnesses either by offering protection or by the explanation that unless the suspect is not put behind bars, the fear will not disappear. The investigator's power of persuasion plays a vital role.
Fear of reprisal
One of the motives of informant is that they are imbued with the sense of duty and obligation to assist the police in their task.
Civic Mindedness
This form of information is composed of letters, words, numbers and figures
Written Form
The motive of an informant is for self-aggrandizement by gaining favorable attention and importance by police.
Vanity
These are witnesses who are prone to exaggerate, adding irrelevant or new matters to their narration. The skillful investigator could prune the unnecessary matters from the relevant ones.
Talkative Type
One of the motives of informant is that some are having engendered illusion of oppression from enemies or impending dangers.
Fear
A type of question that allowed the subject to reply longer, more detailed and lack of direction from interviewer.
Open Ended Question
Refers to a simple, casual or conversation type of questioning which is usually done to victim, complainant or willing witness.
Interview
The style of questioning by the investigator should be adapted to the psychology of the subject. When the drunken subject has sobered, another interview will be conducted, confronting him about his disclosures while in the state of drunkenness. The written statement must be taken during his sobriety.
Drunken Type
Any tangible, material objects that can be observed, touched, or collected or convey relevant data or evidence is considered as what form of information?
Physical Form
it is one of the reasons why a witness refuses to talk because the witness may be an acquaintance, friend, helper, or benefactor of the suspect. All of these and other relationships of the witness to the suspect must be explored so that an intelligent approach is properly applied.
the bias of the witness
He uses his seeming desire to divulge information as an excuse to talk to the police to get more information from them more than he gives. To counter this kind of informant, the police apply the deception method by giving him false information that will lead to his capture.
Double crosser informant
A type of interview where questions are designed to obtain specific data regarding the case. It is a type of interview that comply to cardinal points of criminal investigation.
Objective Interview
These are information that can be perceived by the five senses.
Sensory forms of information
A type of interview where witness is allowed to give an account without interruption or intervention from the interviewer. This type of interview is applicable to willing and cooperative witness.
Cognitive Interview
This kind of informant moves around the centers of criminals, group, or syndicate and delights in surprising the police about bits of information. His information may be of value by way of authentication in an intelligence operation.
Self-aggrandizing informant