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Multitude Insights 2025: Year in Review
2025 saw rapid adoption by agencies nationwide, 1000%+ user growth, and hundreds of cases connected by solving the coordination gap in law enforcement. In 2026, we’re scaling the nationwide collaboration layer agencies have needed for decades.
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SmartLink Connects Dual-State Investigations, Triggers Federal Case
BLTN’s SmartLink connected two separate cases into one coordinated threat—turning fragmented reports into shared intelligence and faster action.
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BLTN Dispatch #003: How SmartLink turned scattered intel into a federal case
New updates to BLTN—improved map features, better search, and iOS enhancements.
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Watertown Police Call BLTN a "Game-Changer" on Boston 25 News
Our law enforcement partners are making headlines—and solving cases faster with BLTN.
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BLTN Dispatch #002: SmartLink just got smarter
We’ve just released new updates to SmartLink, Magic Link and the BLTN iOS app to help you connect intel and close more cases.
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Announcing SmartLink: AI-Powered Pattern Detection for Law Enforcement
SmartLink is now live in BLTN. SmartLink uses AI to scan incoming bulletins in real time and flag high-confidence links across cases—based on MOs, suspects, vehicles, and more.
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BLTN + SmartLink featured in Police1
"Your bulletins are smarter now—thanks to AI."
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Multitude Insights featured in The Boston Globe
"After bulletins are issued, the software can use artificial intelligence to analyze multiple reports, which are often publicly available, across cities, regions, or even multiple states."
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BLTN Dispatch #001: Smarter filters, Built-in support
New updates for quicker access to the most relevant intel, more control over your feed, and direct access to help you move faster.
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Multitude Insights Achieves TX-RAMP Level 2 Certification
Multitude Insights has officially achieved TX-RAMP Level 2 certification, meeting the State of Texas’s rigorous requirements for handling confidential and mission-critical data.
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Multitude Insights Achieves SOC 2 Compliance
Multitude Insights has officially achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, a rigorous, third-party validation of the security, availability, and confidentiality of our systems.
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Multitude Insights featured in The Wall Street Journal
The public-safety and law-enforcement tech arena is a rare bright spot in what is otherwise a dismal funding environment for startups that are not solely focused on AI.”
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Launching the Innovators of Publc Safety Podcast
Our CEO, Matt White, recently launched a podcast focused on the hottest technology, tactics, and companies in public safety. Take a listen today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen!
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The Year Law Enforcement Intelligence Sharing Transformed: 2024’s Breakthroughs and What’s Next
In a look back at 2024, CEO and Co-Founder Matthew White shares his insights on the transformation of law enforcement information sharing.
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No Rank in the Cockpit (and the other things we do)
To drive success, organizations, like business and law enforcement, need to take the approach of ‘no rank in the cockpit”, dropping the hierarchy that blocks true teamwork.
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Advocating for Your Crime Analysis Needs: Don’t Be a Tree
Crime analysts need to advocate for their training and technology needs. Without buying authority, those needs often are not met. This blog will help crime analysts advocate for their needs.
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The Top Five Reasons You Should Not be Creating Static PDF BOLOs
Stop wasting analytical time on manual administrative processes like PDF bulletin creation. Automate and revolutionize the process.
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Enhancing Information Sharing for Real-Time Crime Centers
RTCCs need information sharing solutions that integrate the ability to analyze and connect crime bulletins together in real-time.
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Fast-Tracking Security for Rapid Technology Deployment
To fast track security for the rapid technology deployment of BLTN, Multitude integrated single sign-on (SSO) capabilities.
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Smart Link: Building AI Into BLTN
The latest feature we’re bringing to BLTN, Smart Link AI, might deliver the greatest efficiency gains yet.
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Why Is Public Sector Software So Mediocre?
In an era in which technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, why does public sector software remain miles behind modern standards?
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Why Do Law Enforcement Agencies Struggle To Collaborate?
Criminals have never recognized jurisdictional boundaries so why does law enforcement still struggle to collaborate?
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Where are all our police officers?
With officer numbers on the rise in many areas, why hasn't police visibility improved too?
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Policing Artificial Intelligence: Will AI Enable Criminals To Do More Damage Than Ever Before?
What exactly will the artificial intelligence revolution mean for law enforcement? We take a look at the challenges and opportunities it presents.
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BLTN: A Game-Changer for Federal Agencies
BLTN offers significant time-saving benefits to federal agencies.
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Enhancing Campus Safety through Data Sharing: A Look at Multitude Insights' BLTN Platform for Campus Safety
By collaborating and exchanging information, campus police departments can gain crucial insights into the type, number, and nature of crime around their campuses. Tools like BLTN offer an innovative solution for increasing collaboration while maintaining student privacy.
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Our CEO: Data Sharing Improves Safety, Transparency, and Coordination
Data-sharing allows agencies to more effectively coordinate their efforts. By sharing information about ongoing investigations, officers can work together to build stronger cases and make arrests more quickly.
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No More Surprises
How human-in-the-loop technology helps secure our communities and stop violent extremism before it can happen.
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Effortless Intelligence Sharing for Modern Agencies

Multitude offers effortless intelligence sharing for law enforcement agencies, streamlining communication and data integration. Our advanced AI tools empower agencies with near real-time insights and analytics, ensuring efficient and effective police work, and getting better results.
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