Citizen App was first launched in 2016 as “Vigilante”. Developer sp0n, Inc. has promised to help keep users safe by putting live, unbiased, and carefully curated safety data directly into their hands. With 7 million people across 22 major American cities using the app, and having made several appearances in national news, there’s no doubt Citizen has delivered.
Community Alerts
Its best-known feature is its “safety alert system”, which push-notifies users about incidents near their location and is based on official police scanner audio. Each alert is carefully screened by Citizen’s human team of “agents,” and is displayed on a map. By tapping a pin on the map, users can see more detailed updates on an incident from Citizen itself. They can also offer their reaction to the incident within the app and share the alert with their loved ones.
Occasionally, an alert may be accompanied by live video footage or recordings, called Signals, of the incident itself. Any Citizen user can broadcast or record from within the app, and these videos, too, are carefully vetted by Citizen agents.
In these pandemic times, Citizen has also incorporated a form of secure contact tracing into its app, called SafeTrace. SafeTrace uses Bluetooth and GPS data to notify users if they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Personal Safety
Citizen App has a wealth of useful features targeted at personal safety, beginning with their users’ closest support system: their friends. Users can add Friends within their Citizen account settings. In the free version of the app, friends can share direct messages and keep track of each other’s locations. These, however, are not the only benefits to having friends in the app.
For $5 per month, users can purchase a Citizen Protect subscription, giving them round-the-clock access to an agent who will monitor their location and microphone. Should something happen to them, the agent can contact both Friends and emergency services.
Conclusion
Citizen App is the best available app tailored directly to public safety, putting a neighborhood watch and a guardian angel in your pocket at the same time. A large and dedicated user base, developers who keep up with changing times, and the use of reputable police scanner data promotes a common ethos of people united in helping other people. You can easily and personally keep tabs on your loved ones and have the backing of a personal safety monitor, but even if you are in an unfamiliar place, with the app continuing to grow, someone using Citizen App will always be looking out for you. See this page for more information.
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