Rat is the street name for a confidential police informant.

Police Officer Norm Strom had several and counted on them for important information in narcotics and criminal investigations. 

Stories about these individuals

give an insight as to who there are, where they come from, and the dangers they face helping the police. People snitch for a variety of reasons, and receive cash or consideration for their own criminal charges in return. Some become police agents under contract. 

Rat takes you into the underbelly of society

where drug dealers, prostitutes, and murders ply their trade. It also gives an insight to the men and women who hunt them for a living. Follow Norm Strom's storied career and learn how he used his arsenal of informants to fight crime.