Crime and incident-tracking app Citizen is offering up to $25 per hour for people in New York and Los Angeles to livestream videos from the scenes of crimes and other events, such as house fires, according to the New York Post. The app, which is billed as “the most powerful safety app for today’s world,” lets users receive real-time safety alerts and live video footage of incidents happening near them. “Citizen notifications have urged people to evacuate burning buildings, deterred school buses from nearby terrorist attacks, and have even led to a rescue of a 1-year-old from a stolen car,” the company states in its app description on Google Play store. The app sends notifications to nearby users whenever a 911 call reports an alleged crime or incident affecting public safety. It also lets users upload video footage from the scene. But while the video reports have normally been uploaded by volunteers who happen …
Incident-Tracking App Pays Users $25 per Hour to Livestream Crime Scenes, House Fires: Report
July 26, 2021
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