"COVID-19 snitches in St. Louis were in for a surprise -. ... In any culture where neighbor spies on neighbor, everyone is distrusted, and people clam up, isolating themselves socially as surely as social distancing does, everyone wary of even his friends and relatives.
Sometimes snitching is needed, as when the target is cartels or terrorists or spy rings. But in those cases, experienced police handlers protect their sources zealously and with force of law .."