BlueLine Grid

Command and Control for First Responders

BlueLine Grid

An integrated suite of SaaS products for first responders and government agencies to securely communicate and coordinate for more efficient and effective outcomes

BlueLine Grid's goal was to promote frictionless, affordable communication between first responders and government agencies such as police, fire, parks, sanitation and more around events and active emergencies in ways that traditionally were fragmented or expensive.

Using secure software that could be installed on personal devices, agencies could more effectively reach, monitor, coordinate and orchestrate their people in the filed with audio, video, geofencing, messaging and alerts capabilities.

My Role


Chief Experience Officer

Founding Employee


I provided strategic design work that lead to securing seed funding for the company, as well as all its products and prototypes leading to Series A funding and ultimately acquisition.

My Product Portfolio

BlueLine

A Professional Network for Law Enforcement


BlueLine Grid Messenger

Secure mobile chat app with geofencing and group messaging


BlueLine Grid Command

Team control and coordination with alerts and data sharing for first responders not typically in contact


BlueLine Grid GeoCast

Simple mobile video livestreaming app for law enforcement to share real time video from the field


BlueLine Grid OpenBridge

Audio group conference calling for first responders and government agencies

My Responsibilities


Lead UX Design and Strategy

Research with SMEs & Stakeholders

Prototype new features and products

Collaborate with Product & Engineering

1

UX Designer

NYC

2

Founders

NYC & LA

1

CTO

NYC

1

Product Manager

NYC

4

Law Enforcement SMEs

LAPD & NYPD

50

Engineers

NYC, Mauritius & Jaipur, India

BlueLine by Bratton Technologies

The Professional Network for Law Enforcement

The company was originally founded as Bratton Technologies by former Police Commissioner of New York City and Los Angeles, William Bratton and several entrepreneurs from the private intelligence industry.

Our first product was 'BlueLine', conceived to be a professional network for all of law enforcement, promoting knowledge-sharing and coordination among local, regional and national law enforcement entities.

Below are early concept designs to build a knowledge-sharing communication ecosystem to network America's law enforcement professionals, both active-duty and retired, as well as vendors and verified 3rd-parties.

BlueLine Grid Messenger

Messenger was the first BlueLine product to combine the BlueLine Directory of verified law enforcement, first responder and government agency users with a secure messenger product. This app was created to run on department-provided or in some cases personal mobile iOS and Android devices for a fraction of the cost of specialized equipment which is often quickly outmoded and not compatible with other agencies.

BlueLine Grid GeoCast

GeoCast was a mobile app integrated with the BlueLine suite of products to allow individual officers, agents and government employees to share their location and at times livestream video of the scene back to the GridCommand Administrator device, with the ultimate goal of enabling this technologies at Fusion Centers and other key points of coordination.

BlueLine Grid OpenBridge (Beta)

OpenBridge was another mobile app integrated with the BlueLine suite of products to enable extremely simple, secure conference calling among team members and any officer, agent or employee listed in the BlueLine Grid directory. The beta was conducted with members of the Major Cities Chiefs organization.

Early wires imagining a more feature-rich implementation.

Beta Mobile UI

BlueLine GridCommand

GridCommand enabled administrators to communicate, coordinate, track and share information with individuals and groups of first responders in the field.

GridCommand Demo Video