A person who has been arrested for a criminal offense and agrees to cooperate with investigators to supply information concerning others involved in criminal activity is known as what type of informant?

• A. Covert informant
• B. Undercover informant
• C. Basic informant
• D. Participant Informant

Answer: (D)

Cooperation from someone who has been arrested and agrees to provide information about others is described as a participant informant. The key idea here is that the person was involved in the crime themselves and then chooses to help investigators by sharing details about other individuals’ activities. This status often comes with potential benefits in the form of plea deals or reduced charges, and the informant may be called to testify or corroborate evidence to build cases against others.

Covert informants, by contrast, keep their identity hidden and aren’t defined by having been arrested for the crime in question. Undercover informants are individuals who operate inside a criminal environment, often while deception is part of their role. The term basic informant isn’t a standard classification for this scenario.