Stop and Frisk Monitoring App Comes to iPhone

The New York Civil Liberties Union released the iPhone version of its Stop and Frisk Watch app on Thursday, putting the police encounter documentation tool in the hands of thousands of additional New Yorkers.

Stop and Frisk Watch [iTunes link] is a mobile application designed to help citizens document police abuse stemming from the New York Police Department's controversial criminal prevention program commonly referred to as "stop and frisk." Users can record video, audio and geolocation data whenever they witness a police stop and the information is automatically sent to the NYCLU. The app also has a "listen" function which, when enabled, and using GPS data, alerts the user whenever som…
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