By: Brynne Henn
Instant footage and updates on incidents happening around you, sent to your phone. Trending now; “Man with Knife,” and “Three Turkeys Blocking Road.”
“What if you took a police scanner, Twitter and a neighborhood watch group, and combined them on your smartphone? That’s a bit like what the app Citizen is doing.” — KQED
KQED Peter Arcuni nailed why the Citizen App is so cool. Seriously. You know the app is popular when a guy is saved from a fire in his home, not from a smoke detector, but an alert in the app.
“Citizen is empowering everyday people to participate in their own safety.” — Citizen, via NYT
And it's kind of great to know your neighborhood:
This weekend Citizen launched in the Greater Los Angeles, in the cities of LA, Glendale, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Burbank, San Fernando, Inglewood, and Marina del Rey. In addition to LA, Citizen in operation in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Baltimore, Maryland. Citizen’s opening in Baltimore was the most successful new market activation in company history — with 3% of Baltimore coming online within a couple of weeks. Citizen is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms.
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