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Searching for snitches in the want ads?

Police in Albuquerque, N.M. have become so reliant on snitches to solve cases that when they couldn't generate enough informants organically they began to advertise in the local paper, we learn from USA Today:The Albuquerque Police Department put a want ad in the city's weekly newspaper for "people that hang out with crooks to do part-time work." "Make some extra cash! Drug use OK. Criminal record? Not a problem." The ad in the Weekly Alibi prompted 93 calls during its two-week run before it was taken down last week, police spokesman John Walsh said. He said some calls yielded valuable information in a drug investigation and two violent crime cases. Walsh said the ad will run again "as soon as the detectives feel they need the help" and it could become a model for other agencies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).