LAW ENFORCEMENT & PUBLIC SAFETY
Turn Location Data Into Investigative Leads.
Add movement, geography, and device-based intelligence to complex investigations.
Reveal helps authorized law enforcement and public safety professionals analyze commercially available device location data to identify movement patterns, recurring activity, geographic relationships, and investigative leads.
From time-sensitive cases to complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations, Reveal provides another intelligence resource to help investigators determine where to look next.
Investigators routinely work across records, interviews, surveillance, digital evidence, OSINT, tips, intelligence databases, and other sources to understand what happened and determine what comes next.
But some questions are inherently geographic:
What activity occurred around a location relevant to the investigation?
Where has a device been observed over time?
Are there recurring locations or geographic relationships worth exploring?
Does movement reveal another investigative direction?
Reveal adds commercially available device location intelligence to the investigative toolkit—helping analysts explore those questions and develop leads for appropriate follow-up.
When Traditional Leads Run Out, Location Can Add Another Perspective.
Location intelligence does not solve the investigation. It can help investigators see where the investigation should go next.
From Location to Investigative Lead
Add Geographic Context to the Investigative Process.
01 — Begin With Investigative Context
A relevant location, time period, device identifier, or other information developed through an authorized investigation.
02 — Explore Location Intelligence
Examine commercially available device observations relevant to the investigative question.
03 — Identify Patterns & Relationships
Surface movement, recurring locations, geographic relationships, or other activity that may warrant additional investigation.
04 — Follow the Lead
Evaluate those insights alongside records, interviews, digital evidence, surveillance, OSINT, and other appropriate investigative resources.
Investigative context → Location intelligence → New lead → Further investigation
Where Location Intelligence Can Add Value
Violent Crime & Major Cases
Add movement and geographic context to complex investigations involving relevant locations, time periods, devices, and known investigative information.
Missing Persons & Vulnerable Individuals
Develop location-based leads, examine historical movement, and identify locations or patterns that may help investigators focus search and investigative resources.
Human Trafficking & Exploitation
Explore movement, recurring locations, and geographic relationships as part of investigations involving suspected trafficking activity, vulnerable individuals, or interconnected locations.
Organized Crime & Criminal Networks
Add geographic intelligence to investigations involving multiple subjects, locations, events, or jurisdictions to help surface relationships that may warrant further investigation.
Corrections & Contraband Investigations
Support authorized investigations involving contraband devices, facilities, recurring activity, and other location-based intelligence relevant to correctional security.
Fugitives & Complex Locate Investigations
Use historical location intelligence to develop potential leads around movement, recurring locations, and other geographic patterns when traditional investigative resources provide limited direction.
Time Matters. So Does History.
Understand Movement Across Time.
A single location observation provides limited context. Patterns become more meaningful when investigators can examine activity across time and geography.
Reveal helps authorized investigators explore:
Historical Movement
Examine where relevant devices have been observed over time.
Recurring Locations
Identify locations that appear repeatedly within available device observations.
Geographic Relationships
Explore shared places and other location-based relationships that may warrant additional investigation.
Changes in Activity
Examine how observed movement or geographic patterns evolve during relevant periods.
Cross-Jurisdictional Movement
Follow geographic patterns that extend beyond a single city, county, state, or country.
These patterns are investigative signals—not independent conclusions about identity, association, intent, or wrongdoing.
Investigations rarely depend on a single information source. Records establish known facts. Interviews provide human context. Digital evidence reveals online activity. Surveillance documents observable behavior. OSINT and intelligence systems add additional relationships and background.
Location intelligence adds movement and geography to that picture.
Location Intelligence Works Alongside the Evidence You Already Have.
Intelligence That Fits the Mission.
Investigators
Develop additional leads and geographic context within active investigations.
Crime & Intelligence Analysts
Explore movement patterns, recurring locations, relationships, and activity across larger datasets and complex cases.
Fusion Centers & Task Forces
Add a device-location intelligence layer to investigations and analytical efforts involving multiple agencies, jurisdictions, or intelligence sources.
Specialized Investigative Units
Support mission-specific investigations involving violent crime, trafficking, organized crime, corrections, fugitive apprehension, and other complex cases.
Intelligence Requires Context
A Location Signal Is a Lead—Not a Conclusion.
Commercial device location intelligence can provide powerful investigative context, but every observation has limitations.
A device observation or geographic relationship does not independently establish:
Identity
A mobile advertising identifier should not automatically be assumed to represent a particular person.
Presence
A location observation represents an associated device observation and should not automatically be treated as definitive proof of a person's precise physical presence.
Association
Devices observed at the same or related locations do not independently establish a personal or criminal relationship.
Intent or Wrongdoing
Movement, proximity, or recurring activity alone does not establish why activity occurred or whether unlawful conduct took place.
Reveal helps investigators develop and evaluate leads. Findings should be corroborated through appropriate investigative methods and evaluated within the broader context of the investigation.
Follow the Investigation Beyond the Map Boundary.
Criminal activity, trafficking networks, fugitives, organized crime, and other complex investigations frequently extend across jurisdictions.
Fog provides SDK-derived location intelligence spanning 200+ countries and territories, with additional low-latency Location Stream capabilities available across 40+ international markets and support through a trusted network of regional partners.
For agencies working across borders, Reveal can add another intelligence layer for exploring movement and geographic relationships beyond a single jurisdiction.
More Than Access to a Platform.
Location intelligence is most valuable when investigators understand both its capabilities and its limitations.
Fog supports customers with product training, investigative education, analytical expertise, and ongoing support designed to help authorized users apply Reveal appropriately within their investigative workflows.
Technology
Browser-based access to Reveal's device location intelligence and analytical capabilities.
Training
Education designed to help investigators understand location intelligence, Reveal capabilities, and appropriate analytical practices.
Expertise
Access to experienced Fog personnel who understand investigative and analytical missions.
Powerful Intelligence. Responsible Investigations.
Access to commercially available device location data carries a responsibility to use it appropriately.
Fog provides Reveal within a framework emphasizing responsible sourcing, authorized access, permissible use, privacy considerations, and compliance with applicable requirements.
Location intelligence is one investigative input. Reveal is designed to help investigators develop leads, identify patterns, and ask better questions—not independently determine identity, intent, guilt, or other investigative conclusions.
See What Location Intelligence Can Add to Your Investigation.
Explore how Reveal can complement your agency's existing investigative resources and provide another perspective on movement, geography, and relationships.
Designed for authorized law enforcement, public safety, criminal intelligence, and investigative organizations.