The death of a woman who was killed while working undercover in a police drug sting has prompted Florida lawmakers to pass a first-of-its-kind law to protect confidential informants. "Rachel's Law" ...

A deadly no-knock raid in Houston last month exemplifies the deadly consequences of no-knock raids and the use of confidential informants — particularly when they’re the figments of a police officer’s ...

The Portland Police Bureau cast its use of confidential informants as part of a “measured response” that allows officers to focus on arresting lawbreakers rather than using force indiscriminately ...

A special prosecutor overseeing a police corruption probe told the Tulsa World she will investigate how a list of confidential informants has been released via text messages and possibly the Internet.

Portland police have used confidential informants embedded within the protest crowd at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland to help build several criminal cases, court ...