# Are There Really Narcs Working in High Schools? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039 "2003-12-09T23:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/21 "2003-12-11T15:19:07Z")
May a policeman pretend to be your friend and legally lie when you ask if he is a policeman? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/22 "2003-12-11T15:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Markxxx \* > \*\*While I do believe it is true, I can’t believe a kid could be so dumb as not to know an adult posing as a kid. Adults don’t act like teens. \*\* It’s easier when you’re wasted. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/23 "2003-12-11T15:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > May a policeman pretend to be your friend and legally lie when you ask if he is a policeman? Yes. See **Badge** ’s post. (Hi, **Badge**!) Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/24 "2003-12-11T15:57:37Z")
I didn’t understand him to have said that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/25 "2003-12-12T01:47:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hosayf \* > \*\*So is there a way of finding out whether a student is a narc or not? Or, since just having to ask if someone’s a cop is an urban legend, is there really no way to find out? \*\* Depends how elaborate the scheme is. If you’ve seen where he lives, met his family, and spent some time with him outside of school, I would think you’d be able to figure out whether he’s a real student or a phony. Anyone who would sell drugs to someone he doesn’t even know is just asking to get caught. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/26 "2003-12-12T02:10:07Z")
They had them at my high school over twenty years ago. There were a couple of them and they made a couple of busts but nothing major. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/27 "2003-12-12T02:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Markxxx \* > \*\*While I do believe it is true, I can’t believe a kid could be so dumb as not to know an adult posing as a kid. Adults don’t act like teens. \*\* I do! God! Get off my back and leave me alone. –Cliffy P.S. I **won’t** mow the lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/28 "2003-12-12T04:55:58Z")
Would a narc be allowed to take drugs so as to not blow his cover? What if you only offered to sell him weed if you first saw him smoke some first? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039/29 "2003-12-12T05:12:50Z")
I don’t know if using drugs will prove he isn’t a narc, but it’ll sure prove he isn’t a [shapeshifting alien](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0133751/) trying to take over your school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-narcs-working-in-high-schools/218039.md?page=1)