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mobile justice app
ACLU app for recording police incidents, uploading video to cloud:
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/mobile-justice
In the past there were separate apps for several states; the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACLU_Mobile_Justice) mentions 16 states. But the Google Play site currently only has one, which it seems is now for all states:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/us/aclu-mobile-justice-police-misconduct-app/index.html
(from May 2020) says "In the upcoming months, the app -- which is currently available in 17 states and the District of Columbia -- will be accessible to everyone in all 50 states while respecting each state's laws, Benigno said."
I searched for more info on how it works, and this page has the most details I was able to find: https://www.imore.com/how-use-aclu-mobile-justice-app
But I still wish it were explained more. What happens after you submit the video; is it also saved to your phone? Can you access it online after the upload, or not? One of the comments on the Google Play page said that if you don't enter report data right after the upload, you can't do it later, and if you don't enter the data the video won't be reviewed by anyone. Is that true, and if so then how good is it if the cop takes away your phone before you can enter any report details?
The app has a lot of one-star reviews that say the app crashes all the time. I wondered if police departments or others might be posting some of the bad reviews, to discourage people from installing it.
(I haven't installed it or tried it out yet.)
Other more general info:
https://www.consumerreports.org/audio-video/how-to-record-video-during-a-protest/
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/protect-phone-privacy-security-during-a-protest/
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/mobile-justice
In the past there were separate apps for several states; the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACLU_Mobile_Justice) mentions 16 states. But the Google Play site currently only has one, which it seems is now for all states:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/us/aclu-mobile-justice-police-misconduct-app/index.html
(from May 2020) says "In the upcoming months, the app -- which is currently available in 17 states and the District of Columbia -- will be accessible to everyone in all 50 states while respecting each state's laws, Benigno said."
I searched for more info on how it works, and this page has the most details I was able to find: https://www.imore.com/how-use-aclu-mobile-justice-app
But I still wish it were explained more. What happens after you submit the video; is it also saved to your phone? Can you access it online after the upload, or not? One of the comments on the Google Play page said that if you don't enter report data right after the upload, you can't do it later, and if you don't enter the data the video won't be reviewed by anyone. Is that true, and if so then how good is it if the cop takes away your phone before you can enter any report details?
The app has a lot of one-star reviews that say the app crashes all the time. I wondered if police departments or others might be posting some of the bad reviews, to discourage people from installing it.
(I haven't installed it or tried it out yet.)
Other more general info:
https://www.consumerreports.org/audio-video/how-to-record-video-during-a-protest/
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/protect-phone-privacy-security-during-a-protest/