Using Cases to Manage Information
You don't need a case to gather intelligence.
You can use incident or information reports for this.
A case simply provides a container which you can use to manage all information relating to one investigation.
Data can be shared across multiple cases.
You can use a case to:
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Assign permissions and functional capabilities to officers, teams, and case roles.
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Grant or deny data access to the people involved in a case.
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Manage attributes for status and workflow.
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Plan and manage a running screen of activities.
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Add and create real-life entities using case notes to provide context.
You can connect entities with relationships.
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Assign tasks to specific users, teams, or case-specific roles.
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Categorise activities and entities according to phases, lines of enquiry, and involvements.
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Establish specific avenues or threads in an investigation.
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Establish elements of proof which support a brief of evidence you can run at any point in the investigation.
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Manage property—like exhibits—using movements and continuities.
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Manage disclosure of investigation artefacts.
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Access all entities and their relationships.
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Search for case notes and entities contained in a case.