Citizen: Protect The World

Local incidents in one view

Citizen: Protect The World is a location-based safety and news app for people who want updates about nearby events rather than a broad national news feed. It brings together reports about crimes, fires and other emergencies, then presents them around your current area. That makes it useful for residents checking what is happening nearby, commuters deciding which areas to avoid, and families keeping an eye on local conditions.

Alerts, maps and live reports

The app can send notifications about incidents in your vicinity, helping you see developing situations sooner than a standard news bulletin may. Its map-led interface places events on a local view, while live video from users can add visual context to an unfolding scene. Community reporting sits alongside emergency information, so the amount and type of detail may vary from one incident to another.

• Location-based alerts for crimes, fires and emergencies
• Map view for checking incidents around selected areas
• Live video viewing and broadcasting from incident locations
• Searchable information about registered offenders

Optional safety tools

Some features are aimed at more active personal monitoring. Citizen Plus adds police scanner access, custom alert zones and extra controls for narrowing notifications to places that matter to you. A separate 24/7 Safety Agents service can monitor your GPS and audio while you are walking or travelling, such as during a late journey home. These tools are intended for users who want more than passive news alerts.

Where it sits on the line

Citizen: Protect The World is published by Sp0n Inc. in News & Magazines. Its rating is 4.48 out of 5 from 102,229 reviews, with 5,000,000+ installs. Choose it if timely, neighbourhood-level safety information is more relevant to you than general headlines; users seeking conventional reporting may find its incident-focused layout less familiar.