Have you ever heard the saying, “It’s a matter of life or death.” In my law enforcement career, confidentiality truly was a matter of life and death. Taking that concept a step deeper, was the tricky process of managing confidential informants, or CI. These were people who provided intelligence or set up drug deals in exchange for cash or a reduction of criminal charges. Over the course of my years working undercover in several multi-jurisdictional drug task forces, I managed