Re:Citizen pays New Yorkers to livestream crime scenes
by s1artibartfast on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:30PM
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I'm probably an outlier, but I love the concept of Citizen and dislike the implementation.
I don't have public safety anxiety, but want current data and public safety updates where I live and travel. Decentralized, unfiltered, and non editorialized news reporting is also a huge perk.
When there is a lot of police activity in my neighborhood, I want to know the cause and act accordingly. For example, if there is a gunman on the run (as has happened in the past), I would want to make sure my doors are locked.
My city and state does a terrible job of providing this information in real time and their retrospective data has been filtered extensively by law enforcement and politicians.
Areas where I wish Citizen was better are data presentation and selection. Incidents they present seem arbitrary and are a subset of the actual events. I would be more interested in average data over time and all current events plus filter options. Opt in notifications by incident type and proximity would make it a true public safety app.
I don't have public safety anxiety, but want current data and public safety updates where I live and travel. Decentralized, unfiltered, and non editorialized news reporting is also a huge perk.
When there is a lot of police activity in my neighborhood, I want to know the cause and act accordingly. For example, if there is a gunman on the run (as has happened in the past), I would want to make sure my doors are locked.
My city and state does a terrible job of providing this information in real time and their retrospective data has been filtered extensively by law enforcement and politicians.
Areas where I wish Citizen was better are data presentation and selection. Incidents they present seem arbitrary and are a subset of the actual events. I would be more interested in average data over time and all current events plus filter options. Opt in notifications by incident type and proximity would make it a true public safety app.