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Article content The agent can also notify a person’s emergency contacts or kick off a “public incident,” sending an alert for help to other Citizen users in the vicinity. A spokeswoman said Protect was not aiming to replace 911 but could help reduce the number of non-emergency calls. “Citizen has been a one-way system to date. We provide real-time situational awareness and our users can decide what to do with it,” Citizen’s chief executive, Andrew Frame, said in a statement. “Star...

U.S. crime app Citizen rolls out first paid tool, connecting users to safety agents By Elizabeth Culliford Reuters (Reuters) -U.S. crime alert app Citizen is launching its first paid feature, offering subscribers access to a live safety agent when they are in "stressful or uncertain situations." Citizen uses crowd-sourced content and police scanner traffic to notify users in the United States of local incidents. It has been criticized for promoting vigilantism, particularly after it posted a $3...