BlueLine Grid is a company that provides a mobile communication and mass notification platform built for interagency communication between

civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...

employees and private sector security teams. BlueLine Grid was created by

Bill Bratton William Joseph Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two non-consecutive tenures as the New York City Police Commissioner (1994–1996 and 2014–2016) and currently one of ...

, the 42nd Commissioner of the

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(under 109th Mayor

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), formerly the 38th Commissioner of NYPD, and Chief of

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with co-founders

Jack Weiss Jack Stephen Weiss (born August 21, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid alongside William Bratton and David Riker and is a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th ...

, and

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. The company was founded in January 2013, while the BlueLine Grid mobile app was launched in May 2014. The platform does not require registration to join, but verification is necessary for public employees or partners to gain access to connections and information in the Grid.

History

BlueLine Grid was co-founded by

, and

as Bratton Technologies. Bratton, Weiss and Riker initially founded Bratton Technologies as a professional networking platform for law enforcement officials called BlueLine Connect. Later, Bratton Technologies became BlueLine Grid and the company launched a new product, also called BlueLine Grid, in May 2014. In July 2014, BlueLine Grid was recognized as one of the AlwaysOn Global 100 Companies to Watch.

Service

BlueLine Grid provides a specialized messenger application that connects public employees and their partners. An official agency or government email is not required to use the application, but it is necessary for identities to be verified in order to access the connections or information within the Grid. Whereas the BlueLine Connect service was exclusively for law enforcement officials, the BlueLine Grid platform can be downloaded by anyone for its services, but the registry is restricted to verified public employees. The application allows users to be able to find local public employees by area, agency, and proximity to connect, communicate, or collaborate. All data in The Grid is based on publicly available information. Only people that users are connected to and other verified public employees can view profile information, which does not contain personal contact information.

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