officers often interrogate criminals and attempt to cohort them into co-operation with promises of payoffs and the forfeiting of charges. The criminal who accepts this offer is called an informant, and operates within the criminal element while working for the police. These promises are kept only if an arrest of a more serious criminal is made, such as a drug dealer or weapons dealer. "If you don't bring us a piece of information or something, I don't know what we can do about these charges?" (1)
             This arrangement forces those who accept the deal to put their lives on the line, or even subject themselves to potential bodily harm if he or she is discovered to be an informant. A criminal's informant consists of someone who works within the police department relaying information back to the criminals or receives money for ignoring criminal activity and not reporting it. If these police officers on the "take" are discovered they are usually suspended and brought before a board of inquires to determine the level of guilt. Whe
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