Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to crime beat early and add free on Amazon music included with Prime.

On this podcast, I take you behind the scenes and inside the cases I've worked on.

I give you unique perspectives with access to forensic analysts, sketch artists and investigators that help solve crimes and bring justice and closure to victims and their loved ones.

I've shared a handful of cases where investigators use covert techniques to obtain evidence or illicit confessions.

In our first episode, Mika Jordan, The Broken Princess, you'll remember an undercover operation provided key information that led to the arrest and conviction of the two people who killed the six-year-old.

I've also shared one case where the courts didn't allow the covert operation.

In beyond a reasonable doubt, the justice ruled that police overstepped.

I'm Nancy Hicks, a senior crime reporter for Global News.

Today, on Crime Beat, I give you an exclusive look at these specialized tactics used to push cases forward from someone who knows what it's like to lead a double life.

This is Going Undercover.

For safety reasons, we aren't identifying the officer featured in this episode.

He's retired now, but he was an RCMP officer for more than three decades, and most of that time was spent working undercover.

This officer is like an encyclopedia of knowledge for major crimes files in Western Canada.

He's worked on several of the cases I've covered over the years, including Kelly Cook, a young babysitter who disappeared in 1981.

Only to be found murdered months later.

Her case has never been solved.

He also worked undercover in the investigation into the murder of Deline Hempel.

Over the past few months, we've had many conversations about both the cases he investigated and the techniques he used.

He agreed to share some details of that work, while of course balancing the integrity of certain strategies.

We did two interviews, so you will hear a bit of a difference in his audio.

I know you've got a lot of experience with this Nancy, and I think you know why I want to stay away from being too specific because I don't want to compromise anything that might be going on today.

By now, if you've been a listener to Crime Beat, you'll be familiar with Mr. Big undercover sting operations.

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