Semantic workflows in law enforcement investigations and legal requirements

© 2017 CEUR-WS. All rights reserved. Investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies depend on information that is obtained from a variety of sources, internal and external to the organization. Considering that investigations frequently span multiple jurisdictions and government agencies with varying objectives and powers, assessing and ensuring compliance with their policies and the legal framework is challenging. We present technical features and a semantic information modelling approach that can support compliant workflow execution in the context of law enforcement investigations and discuss how such an information system might be embedded in a complex legislative and social environment. Legal principles, and the concepts of Legal Compliance by Design (LCbD), and Legal Compliance through Design (LCtD) are also introduced.