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Re:Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes by kall on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:57PM (#27963681)
I read this somewhere and it sounds plausible to me: a private police subscription. As-a-service if you will. They would do the same things as police but only for subscribers and with better "customer service".

Maybe you could also look at the same thing as: as private security + private detectives (?) scaled and commoditized via software and gigwork.

It‘s a nightmarish idea, don‘t get me wrong, but I can see it.

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Re:Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes by ultimoo on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:03PM (#27963794)
Well if they can do anything about car break-ins and larceny in SF I think they'll get a lot of business. Bet they can also package their service when renting a car at the airport. Almost dystopian, but I can see it.
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Re:Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes by foobiekr on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:13PM (#27963942)
I don’t think that they would do anything more than security guards currently do, which because of the liability and risk of prosecution, in San Francisco, is zero.
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Re:Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes by Miner49er on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:15PM (#27963988)
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted, they are already offering/piloting this type of service.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7evbx/citizen-app-private-s...

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