It's a solid plan, and quite clever. An extensive digital footprint is likely to lend it authenticity, but I believe it will take more than that.
It won't be enough that we create a realistic network of information- we have to create a believable response. If these information events were real and being discussed on this scale, the department would be investigating them. We should create the appearance of doing so.
Officers involved in this operation should find likely centers of bounty hunter activity and begin asking around about the sting events as if we believed they were authentic, and make sure to namedrop them when dealing with independent bounty hunter suspects as if we believed they might be involved. Otherwise, the artificial nature of the bait will be far too obvious.
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It won't be enough that we create a realistic network of information- we have to create a believable response. If these information events were real and being discussed on this scale, the department would be investigating them. We should create the appearance of doing so.
Officers involved in this operation should find likely centers of bounty hunter activity and begin asking around about the sting events as if we believed they were authentic, and make sure to namedrop them when dealing with independent bounty hunter suspects as if we believed they might be involved. Otherwise, the artificial nature of the bait will be far too obvious.