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Built for law enforcement

Get community tips without the chaos.

Need To ID is a professional bulletin platform that gets suspect and unidentified person bulletins in front of the right people — community subscribers, regional feeds, and a searchable public hub — without overwhelming your agency's social media or requiring a separate tip-management system.

Create, draft, and publish bulletins from a single workflow
Automatic email alerts to community subscribers in your area
Public bulletin hub — searchable by offense type and region
Regional social posts keep your agency account free of noise

Why Need To ID

Reach your community without the overhead

Traditional approaches flood agency social media or require expensive case management systems. Need To ID gives you a purpose-built distribution platform at no extra work.

Community Email Alerts

Community members subscribe to receive email alerts for bulletins in their area. When you publish, they hear about it immediately — no posting required on your end.

Opt-in subscriptions by metro area
Instant delivery on publish
Weekly digest option for low-volume areas

Central Bulletin Hub

Every published bulletin lives on a dedicated, searchable public website. Community members and tips lines can browse active cases without needing to scroll through social feeds.

Public search by offense type and region
Shareable direct links for each bulletin
LE-sensitive bulletins stay gated

Social Media Distribution

Regional Need To ID social accounts handle bulletin posts so your agency's profiles stay professional. Suspects go to the right audience without drowning your feed.

Posts to regional NTI social accounts
Agency profiles stay clean and on-brand
Reach beyond your existing follower base

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