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Can the police require someone to wear a wire in order to catch a drug dealer?

Submitted: 582 days and 6 hours ago.
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Hello XXXXXXXXXX,

If it is part of some type of immunity deal where the person who will wear the wire agrees to do so in exchange for not be prosecuted for some crime, then yes the police can do this. Otherwise, the police have no general power to force anyone into wearing a wire in order to catch a suspect.

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Expert: Thomas Swartz
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Answered: 4/19/2008

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