WATCH: โโA Necessary Evilโ: The Cost of Confidential Informants,โ a KSAT 12 Defenders Investigation
Nationwide, police agencies and prosecutors agree that the increased use of confidential informants, or โCIโs, has been a boon to fighting crime, especially when it comes to drug trafficking.
Families of Texas couple killed in drug raid sue city, cops
The families of a couple killed in a 2019 drug raid by Houston police are alleging in newly filed lawsuits that the deaths of their loved ones were the tragic result of a narcotics unit that for years was rife with corruption and no accountability and now has many of its members under indictment.