Investigation participants are participants who play a role either directly or indirectly in an investigation. Additional participants who were not recorded on the investigation when it was created may be added during the course of the investigation. These participants can be added manually by a user or automatically by the system when a participant is selected by a user to be a participant in an allegation or to be the source of the allegation.
An allegation participant is a participant who plays a role in an allegation. Examples of roles an allegation participant can play include alleged victim, alleged perpetrator, or impacted party. An allegation participant can be an existing case participant, a registered participant that is identified through a participant search, or an unregistered participant. When a registered or unregistered participant plays a role on an allegation, and is added to the allegation, the system automatically adds the participant to the investigation as a case participant and assigns a role of 'case member' to the participant.
The source of the allegation is also considered an allegation participant. The source can be an existing case participant, a registered participant, or an unregistered participant. When an allegation source who is not a case participant is added to an allegation, the system automatically adds the source to the investigation as a case participant and assigns a role of 'allegation reporter' to the participant.
Multiple allegation participants can be added to an allegation. Each allegation participant added is assigned a role. A participant can play multiple roles in an allegation. For example, a participant who plays the role of alleged victim may also be the source of the allegation.