BlueLine Grid is a company that provides a mobile communications platform that connects users to a network of civil service employees. BlueLine Grid was created by Bill Bratton, the newly appointed 42nd Commissioner of the NYPD (under 109th Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio), formerly the 38th Commissioner of NYPD, and Chief of LAPD with co-founders Jack Weiss, and David Riker. The company was founded in January 2013, while the BlueLine Grid mobile app was launched in May 2014.