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This Memorial Day, We Honor the Ones Who Made Freedom Possible

May 22, 2026 6:26:27 PM Anthony Tassone 1 min read

Freedom is not the default state of the world. It is preserved by strength, sacrifice, and vigilance.

This Memorial Day, we honor those who gave everything so that we could live free. Never take that for granted.

At TRULEO, we think about that responsibility often because the people we build for carry that same weight every single day. The officers, detectives, and command staff who put on a badge aren't just doing a job. They're standing on the same wall that our veterans stood on. They're the ones who keep freedom from becoming just a word.

We just returned from IACP Tech, where we had the chance to connect with law enforcement leaders from across the country. The message we heard from every corner of the room was the same: TRULEO is changing the way law enforcement works.

Officers told us they were burned out and overwhelmed before Truleo. Now they're getting through 4–5x more material. Cold cases that never had time are back on the table. Rapes, assaults, homicides, cases that matter to real families in real communities are getting the attention they deserve.

One phrase kept coming up, unprompted, over and over:

"TRULEO is a force multiplier." 

That's not a product win. That's a mission win.

So this Memorial Day, we want to say clearly: we are honored to serve the people who serve others. And we will never charge a U.S. veteran to use our platform. Not as a promotion. Not as a discount. As a hard line we drew because it's the right thing to do.

To every veteran, every officer, every first responder, thank you. Not just this weekend, but every day we get to do this work.

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Anthony Tassone

Anthony comes from a proud military and law enforcement family, built communication intelligence platforms (COMINT), and serves as a board member of the FBI National Academy Associates (FBINAA) Foundation. He travels the country teaching trusted law enforcement leadership organizations, such as FBI LEEDS, about the practical use of artificial intelligence in policing. He received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from DePaul University and lives in Greenville South Carolina with his wife and four kids and is an avid bowhunter, rescue diver and triathlete.