Is it worth becoming a Confidential Informant in Chicago where I am currently stationed? I was told by a cop that if I need to or can't afford a reckless driving charge I can become a CI?

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• andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Before you even consider this path, let me give you the best advice I can…

  TALK

  TO

  AN

  ATTORNEY

  !

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    also:

    DON’T

    TALK

    TO

    POLICE

    !

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    • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unless legally required to. <---- the part to many forget

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• superkret@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was told by a cop

  Let me stop you right there.

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  • waz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. This.

    This video is absolutely worth the time it takes to watch it.

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• Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They won’t take anybody on as a CI, you have to be in a situation where you can provide useful information on a regular basis.

  So if you are in a gang or affiliated with gang members, you would have value as a CI. If you are just some jackass that drives like a jackass and have no regular contact with organized criminals, you are worthless as a CI.

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• HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …Where you are currently stationed? What, military?

  Regardless, if I were you, in Chicago, I’d take the reckless driving charge over being a CI.

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• ExtravagantEnzyme@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It depends on your moral stance about working with the cops in this fashion. In many circles, becoming a CI will get you immediately ostracized and could lead to being physically assaulted. Alternatively you could tell the judge about your financial situation and hopefully work it off via community service. Also, fines can often be reduced by providing documentation demonstrating your income meets specific conditions. But to each their own, I mean based on your citation, what CI work would they have you do? I’ve only ever heard about CI’s in the drug world.

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  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My guess is that OP was caught street racing. They tick a lot of boxes for someone who would street race. Many areas have begun cracking down on it, to the point that it can outright get your car seized (not just impounded for pickup later. Completely seized), and your license permanently revoked. Not sure about Chicago specifically, but many states have started implementing harsher and harsher penalties for it.

    If this is the case, the cop is basically saying “rat on your street racing buddies so we can bust all of them, or else we’re throwing the book at you.”

    OP needs to delete this post and talk to an attorney.

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just how reckless was the driving?? Is this a joke?

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• GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don dickle doin his thang

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• DBT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck no.

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