joypath
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Do they know which LE is leaking info? I’d be doing something about plugging the sources. Permanently. Incredible especially if paid informants.
The "stuff" within the public domain occurred during the VERY ACTIVE & public investigation/search periods, sometimes it IS presented by a LE agency/spokesperson as a "trigger point" to jolt public memory/clarify/correct false circulating theories. Then there is the epic release of "info" by folks claiming insider knowledge; i.e. the workers watching the LE search & recovery of "stuff" and the on-scene screening testing of the collected materials. From personal experience, folks watching a possible body recovery scene have related on camera to a local news crew that my staff DID recover the victim.....imagine the reporter's chagrin when said victim was identified as a huge Halloween display "statue"!
......"plugging the sources. Permanently" is a solution, sure BUT tracking down the source(s) is a huge challenge when a multi-agency project is active. Yep, we all recognize the sharply dressed, uniform LE teams performing their duties in the public BUT there is a "flash mob" of other participating agencies in the investigation, some are public service members under ethical guideline (OCME for example!) and others are not (local shopkeepers, "ringdoorbell" owners) and any of the previously mentioned folks could be an incidential source.
Comment from DH (former State Trooper): "paid informants" are valuable resources, cultivated by a variety of techniques and retained by mutual respect (yeah, honest & fair interactions). As a general statement, they are "tight lipped" & decline the opportunity of "being the center of attention" by "chatting".
Edited to add: IMO