tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4966199837311515063..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Informants 102Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31000772625527994252017-09-24T22:08:14.834-04:002017-09-24T22:08:14.834-04:00Leigh, some of these criminals can be quite entert...Leigh, some of these criminals can be quite entertaining, and they definitely keep you on your toes when you're working the street.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72827478974619217922017-09-24T22:06:17.823-04:002017-09-24T22:06:17.823-04:00Eve, you deal with these types of guys up on the h...Eve, you deal with these types of guys up on the hill every time you work there, so you have a good idea how some of their minds think...or don't think.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11717054029965225172017-09-24T22:03:38.981-04:002017-09-24T22:03:38.981-04:00Paul & O'Neil, thanks for your comments. T...Paul & O'Neil, thanks for your comments. There will be a 3rd blog article on informants, probably around February or March. R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80434092570551849162017-09-24T21:04:05.022-04:002017-09-24T21:04:05.022-04:00Clever of the druggie to shoot the 11th dose while...Clever of the druggie to shoot the 11th dose while on the job. Tricky lot.<br /><br />I was following a crime story in which a woman was phoning numerous agencies asking about a body set on fire by the side of the road. The woman poorly explained herself and most departments thought she was nuts, especially when she said it happened 10 years earlier. But one small town police department lit up… they knew of such a case and eventually it was revealed the person torched was the sister of the caller. The perpetrator: their mother.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-34088935496988036152017-09-24T17:39:50.136-04:002017-09-24T17:39:50.136-04:00I put in a comment this morning but it isn't h...I put in a comment this morning but it isn't hear. The damn blog keeps asking me if I'm a robot. I've never been a robot. I'll try again.<br /><br />Good information. I've cut and pasted your two posts on informants into a doc file and put it in my research folder to go back to when and if I use an informant in a story. I suggest other writers do the same. Thanks again for the post.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-37139774066076519782017-09-24T13:41:24.505-04:002017-09-24T13:41:24.505-04:00Thanks for another great post, R.T. I loved the l...Thanks for another great post, R.T. I loved the last paragraph about searching for guns: "you have a gun, why can't I have one?"<br />Let me count the ways things can go wrong.<br />I'm up to about 50 so far...<br /><br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66504839780624184412017-09-24T09:22:41.759-04:002017-09-24T09:22:41.759-04:00Good stuff, R.T. It's interesting to get the r...Good stuff, R.T. It's interesting to get the real dope, so to speak, on how informants come to you and how they're used. It's more complicated than it would seem from most TV/movies and books.<br /><br />And thanks for your comment on my last post. I appreciate it.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com