Pubdate: Tue, 20 May 2008 Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL) Copyright: 2008 The Associated Press Contact: http://www.heraldtribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/398 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Rachel+Hoffman (Rachel Hoffman) MURDERED INFORMANT'S DAD WANTS PRACTICE BANNED TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The father of a young woman murdered while working as an informant in a police narcotics sting wants lawmakers to bar police from enlisting young people like his daughter in the drug war. "I don't think kids should be doing police work," Hoffman, of Palm Harbor, told The Tallahassee Democrat on Monday. "I am going to try to get a Rachel Law going so kids aren't used in this way.... Rachel was not an undercover police officer. This is not a civilian job." Rachel Hoffman, a 23-year-old recent Florida State graduate, was facing several drug charges and was offered a chance by Tallahassee Police to lessen the consequences by helping them nab other drug criminals. She was given $13,000 to buy drugs and a gun from suspected dealers at a park in a sting arranged by police on May 7. The location of the meeting was changed, either by the suspects or Hoffman. Her body was found two days later in a rural area south of Tallahassee. The two men suspected in her killing are in custody, facing kidnapping charges and likely murder charges. Gov. Charlie Crist said he was open to hearing Hoffman's suggestions. "Anything he would have to say, we would take very seriously," Crist said. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake