BLTN Dispatch #004: Smarter Notifications, Critical Posts, and Open Share
Matt White
We've rebuilt how notifications work in BLTN, added Critical Posts for time-sensitive intel, and launched a new way to share posts with anyone, anywhere.
🔔 Smarter Notifications
We completely rebuilt how notifications work in BLTN.
Now you control exactly what you hear about and how—completely customizing notifications across desktop, mobile, and email:
Track your posts — Stay updated on posts you've authored, saved, or reposted
Follow SmartLinks — Get notified when patterns emerge tied to your cases
Monitor your region — See what's happening across your network in real time
Do Not Disturb — Silence everything for 8 hours, 24 hours, or a full week without losing your settings when you're back
The Notifications Feed is also rebuilt from the ground up. It's faster, cleaner, and now lives in the main navigation—one place to check for updates.
🚨 Critical Posts
We've expanded Critical Posts beyond Officer Safety. Now any post can be marked as critical, because some situations can't wait for users to check their feed.
Critical posts jump to the High Priority sidebar and push a notification to everyone at the agency—regardless of their individual settings.
Critical status lasts four hours and can be extended or resolved as the situation evolves
Posts can be tagged as updated when new notes are available
Posts can also be cancelled with status updates pushed out immediately so no one's working off outdated information
🔗 Open Share
We launched Open Share to make it even easier to share intelligence.
Open Share lets anyone with the link view a post—no login required. Distribution lists, group inboxes, forwarded emails all work without authentication.
When sharing externally, choose between:
Secure Share — Magic Link for direct contacts with personal emails
Open Share — Public link for distribution lists and shared inboxes
Recipients can create a free guest account to see all shared posts you've shared with them in one organized feed—or just view the post and move on.
These updates move BLTN closer to what it's always been built for: getting the right information to the right people when it matters most.
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These features are live now. If you're already on BLTN, check your notification settings and try Open Share on your next external post.
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