A legally compliant multi-sensor system for security enhancement and real-time situation awareness in complex scenarios

Today, in crowded and potentially violent scenarios, it becomes increasingly difficult for police forces to identify and prosecute offenders due to the complexity of such scenarios as well as the technical and legal requirements. Additionally, due to the sensitive nature of operations in public places, the police needs to strictly differentiate between offenders and uninvolved people in the crowd, in order to avoid that people will be falsely accused of being delinquent. The Muskat research project investigates and develops sensor and communication technologies in order to support the police in tracking and detaining offenders in complex scenarios. Using the example of Muskat, we show how legal and ethical guidelines can be considered and implemented during all development phases of such a networked and complex security technology