Linking and Organising Information in Law Enforcement Investigations

Law enforcement officers deal with various challenges regarding the management of information during an investigation. New information comes in frequently, some of it is uncertain, incorrect, or incomplete. Officers should be supported in developing interpretations of the provided information. Furthermore, it is beneficial (and demanded by some investigation methodologies) to record the progression of the analysis. In order to fulfill these requirements, we propose a spatial hypertext-based application, as part of an open framework. This enhances collaborative work on uncertain, incomplete, and frequently changing information structures and provides access to other applications used in investigations.