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What if every detective had a 24/7 research team?

Written by Anthony Tassone | Feb 27, 2026 3:23:55 PM

Every police department in America has a data problem. Not a lack of data. Too much of it, scattered across too many places.

RMS. Jail call systems. OSINT tools. NCIC. CAD. Body-worn camera platforms. Cell phone dump software. License plate readers. And dozens more. The average department relies on 40 or more disconnected vendor systems just to do its job. Each one has its own login, its own interface, its own way of organizing information.

The answers to open cases are almost certainly sitting somewhere in those systems. The problem is that nobody has time to find them.

The Real Cost of Disconnected Data

Officers and investigators are not short on information. They are short on time.

Think about what happens when a detective picks up a new case. They need to run a name. That means logging into one system to check RMS records. Another to search jail calls. Another for OSINT. Another for vehicle history. Another for known associates. Another for prior incidents in the area.

Each search takes time. Each system requires a different workflow. And none of them talk to each other.

The numbers paint a stark picture. Less than 1% of body-worn camera footage is ever reviewed. More than 97% of investigative data is never analyzed. Over 1 billion cases go cold every year from lack of time. Departments are short-staffed, cases are piling up, and the answers are buried in systems nobody has time to dig through.

Cases go cold not because the evidence does not exist, but because there simply are not enough hours in the day to find it.

This is not a technology gap. Departments already have the technology. It is an intelligence gap, and it has been widening for decades.

Why More Tools Are Making the Problem Worse

For years, the response to these challenges has been to buy more tools. A new analytics platform here. A new database there. Another vendor contract, another login, another system that does not integrate with anything else.

Every new tool adds capability on paper. But in practice, it adds complexity. Another silo. Another place to search. Another workflow to learn. Officers are not data analysts. They should not need to be. Asking them to navigate dozens of platforms just to build a basic intelligence picture on a suspect is not a technology strategy. It is a time tax.

What departments actually need is not another tool to add to the stack. They need something that sits on top of the entire stack and connects it all.

The Intelligence Layer Your Stack Was Missing

 

This is the problem TRULEO was built to solve.

TRULEO deploys AI agents that work on top of your existing systems. No new logins. No data migration. No software to learn. Your officers ask a question. The agents search everything. The answer comes back in minutes.

Here is how it works in practice: a detective runs a name. That single query kicks off a search across jail calls, OSINT databases, RMS records, and 100+ other sources, all cross-referenced in real time. Within minutes, a structured intelligence briefing is returned. What used to take hours of manual work across a dozen systems is done.

One query. Every database. Complete intelligence.

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One Platform. Every Agent Your Department Needs.

TRULEO is not another dashboard to monitor. It deploys agents that actually do the work so your people can close cases.

  • Jail Call Intelligence automatically monitors and analyzes inmate communications across your existing systems. No more manually sifting through thousands of hours of recordings hoping to find something relevant.

  • OSINT Research searches 100+ databases simultaneously and surfaces leads your team would have missed. What used to require hours of manual searching across multiple platforms happens in a single query.

  • Case Intelligence Briefings cross-reference everything and deliver structured reports to detectives and command. The full picture on a suspect, a case, or an area of concern, assembled and organized automatically.

  • Report Generation produces automated briefings for patrol, detectives, and command. Zero manual work. And for departments that want to go deeper, TRULEO also offers specialized agent teams:

  • Utility Agent processes body-worn camera video, RMS files, jail call recordings, and cell phone dumps.

  • Real-Time Agent maintains BOLOs and hot spots, delivers real-time intel updates, and monitors CAD and camera feeds.

  • Crime Analyst Agent handles OSINT and digital footprint research, database deep dives, lead development and case linking, and pattern and network analysis.

  • Chief of Staff Agent generates daily and weekly intel briefings, drafts policies and compliance documents, surfaces operational risks, and supports strategic planning.

These agents do not replace officers. They multiply them. Every hour an agent saves is an hour an officer gets back on the street, following leads, closing cases, and serving the community.

Digital Officers. Real Results.

Your department already has the data. The evidence is there. The intelligence is there. It is just buried across 40+ systems that nobody has time to search.

TRULEO's AI agents find it. Across every system, every shift, every department. 24/7 intelligence, zero overtime.

What if every detective had a 24/7 research team?

Ready to find out?  Book a 15-minute demo or start your free trial today.

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