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if the arrest situation is in close enough proximity to his/her consumption of alcohol as to call his/her sobriety into question. INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSES RNSP officers will, if necessary in the performance of their duties, expend Program funds during narcotics investigations. The majority of expenditures will fall under the petty cash reimbursement procedure, i.e. supplies and small items of equipment. Receipts MUST be received and turned in for funds to be reimbursed to the officer. In some instances, officers may need to expend funds outside the normal petty cash procedure. Included in this area will be contraband purchases, program maintenance and operational expenses. C) Contraband Purchases - RNSP officers will have the availability of expending funds for contraband with prior supervisory approval. (i.e.: Narcotics, stolen property, firearms) o Program Maintenance - will include but not be limited to gasoline (in emergency situations where Program -issued credit cards are not honored), meetings to facilitate RNSP business, lodging and money for confidential informants and/or witnesses. In those situations (i.e., informant payments) where a receipt is NOT received for the funds expended, at least one additional officer shall be present to protect the credibility of the officer disbursing the funds. On those rare occasions when an officer is unable to adhere to this policy, a report detailing the dispersal of funds will be written and included, in the informant package. 0 Operational Expense - Includes an officer's expenses in an undercover capacity, emergency travel when continuity of a case demands, lodging, vehicle rental and items of special equipment deemed necessary by Program Supervisors to enhance the successful completion of an operation or case investigation. In no case will funds be expended outside Propxam guidelines by any officer assigned to RNSP without approval from a Program Supervisor or Manager. INFORMANT GUIDELINES DEFINITION Confidential informants are those persons who, by virtue of their surroundings and associates; have access to information and are predisposed to provide the information to the police. They may be one-time informants, sporadic informants or informants who report with some degree of regularity over long periods of time. Informants are most normally on the fringes of criminal activity but can be at or near the core of the activity. INFORMANT: DIRECTED Informant - Directed is a person you control or direct to obtain information. SOURCE Informant - Source is a person who provides you information but is not directed or controlled by you. CIVIL LIABILITIES Page 16 Revised 3/11/2011