Police routing has the unusual property of needing to be both predictable and adaptable. Predictable enough that two units responding to the same incident take coordinated routes — adaptable enough to re-route around an active pursuit on the parallel road.
Blue Light Maps handles both. The default routing prefers ANPR-rich roads so units are visible to the wider operational picture. Restricted-zone overlays — secure sites, training areas, sterile zones around incidents — are respected without manual flagging. When a pursuit goes live, parallel units can see each other’s position and intended route, so the boxing-in pattern doesn’t require radio coordination.
Custom overlays cover the layers civilian apps don’t: high-risk addresses, MISPER last-known locations, target-vehicle ANPR alerts. The same map is configurable per role — response, traffic, neighbourhood, firearms — so a TFC sees pursuit pins and ARV positions while a community officer sees vulnerable-person flags and beat boundaries. One platform, many operational pictures.