Rachel's Law and the implications for the use of confidential informants by law enforcement

ABM takes a look at the implications of the new “Rachel’s Law” and how abmpegasus™ Source Management, the world’s most advanced software for managing confidential informants, can help.

On May 7th 2009, Rachel’s Law was signed by the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist. This ground-breaking bill brings into effect, from July 1st 2009, a number of new requirements for Florida’s law enforcement agencies dealing with confidential
informants.

Rachel Hoffman, of Pinellas County, Florida, was a 23-year-old girl who had recently graduated from Florida State University. In 2008 she was arrested by Tallahassee Police for the possession of marijuana. The police offered to overlook her prison sentence if she helped them by acting as a confidential informant. The ensuing undercover operation which she was involved in resulted in her being shot dead by the drug dealers involved in May 2008.

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