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Cover and Undercover Operations

This document discusses undercover operations and the use of informants. It defines undercover operations as disguising one's identity to gain the trust of a target individual or organization to obtain secret information or evidence. Cover stories and support are used to portray the undercover agent's assumed fake identity. There are different types of undercover assignments including residential, social, work, joining subversive organizations, and developing personal contact with a target. Informants provide relevant information to agents and can choose to remain anonymous. There are different types of informants including anonymous, false, frightened, self-aggrandizing, mercenary, double-crossers, women, and legitimate informants operating businesses.

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Cover and Undercover Operations

This document discusses undercover operations and the use of informants. It defines undercover operations as disguising one's identity to gain the trust of a target individual or organization to obtain secret information or evidence. Cover stories and support are used to portray the undercover agent's assumed fake identity. There are different types of undercover assignments including residential, social, work, joining subversive organizations, and developing personal contact with a target. Informants provide relevant information to agents and can choose to remain anonymous. There are different types of informants including anonymous, false, frightened, self-aggrandizing, mercenary, double-crossers, women, and legitimate informants operating businesses.

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Cover and Undercover Operations

 Undercover Operations- also referred to as “Roping”

Undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of


gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of
targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence.

Cover- It refers to the changing, forging or falsifying agent’s real personality including but not limited to
things, location, job, and others that will be used in undercover assignment.

Cover Story – A biographical data through fictional that will portray the personality of the agent he
assumed, a scenario to cover the operation.

Cover Support – An agent assigned in target areas with the primary mission of supporting the cover
story.

TYPES OF COVER

Artificial- altering the background that will correspond to the operation


Multiple- Includes different cover
Natural- Actual or True Background. Hazards of Undercover Operations

• Reintegration back into normal duty

• Maintenance of identity

Uses and Types of Undercover Assignment

1. Residential Assignment- It is related to the neighborhood of the subject, where the agent will
live as a new resident without making any suspicion. His mission is to make friends within its
neighborhood and gather information regarding the subject and possibly getting closer to the
subject.

2. Social Assignment- The agent will gain access to the subject by going to the different hang out
places of the subject and gather information like knowing how to drink socially without getting
drunk.

3. Work Assignment- The agent will be employed where the subject work to acquire information.
The agent must know his work and focus his mind set and habit to his work assignment.

4. Subversive Organization- This is the most dangerous of all the undercover assignment; the
agent will join the organization of the subject itself he must know the ideologies of the group
and the actions while inside should conform to the organization to avoid any suspicion.
5. Personal Contact Assignment – the investigator required to develop the friendship and trust of
the subject.

6. Multiple Assignment – The investigator is tasked to cover two (2) or more of the above specific
assignments simultaneously, it can produce extensive information with minimum expenses but
more prone to compromise.

Informers and Informants

A. Informants- Any person who hand over information to the agents which is relevant to the
subject. The informant may openly give the information clandestinely and choose to remain
anonymous.

Types of Informants

1. Anonymous-Unidentified or unknown informants


2. False Informant- reveals information of no consequences, value or stuff connected within
thin air.
3. Frightened Informants- weakest link in criminal chain, motivated by anxiety.
4. Self-Aggrandizing- moves around the center of criminals delight in surprising the police about
bits of information.
5. Mercenary- Information for sale needed something for exchange of information.
6. Double-Crosser- He wants to get more information from the police more than he gives.
7. Women- Most dangerous
8. Legitimate- operators of business desire to give information for legitimate

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