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Citizen: Safety & Live Video Customer Service

  1. Citizen: Safety & Live Video Customer Service
  2. Citizen: Safety & Live Video App Comments & Reviews (2026)

Protect the World and Stay Safe with Citizen: Real-Time Alerts & Live Video

Citizen is the essential safety app for today's world. Live crime map, police & fire alerts, and breaking local news, all in one place. Citizen gives you real-time awareness of emergencies, crimes, and incidents happening near you before it hits the news. Watch live video from the scene, track active incidents on the map, and get instant 911 alerts for your neighborhood, workplace, or school.


What's happening near you right now: Know about crimes, vehicle pursuits, protests, robberies, wildfires, natural disasters, active shooters, hurricanes, and more the moment they're reported with instant alerts directly on your phone. Find out why police helicopters or fire trucks are in your area before anyone else does.


NEW: Incident Resolution
See how incidents end. Citizen now shows you real-time updates and resolution status on active events so you're not left wondering what happened. Follow an incident from first report to close.


Please note that Citizen may notify you of a crime in progress before the police respond. It's meant to protect you and your community, please use it responsibly.


Key Features:
* Live Incident Video: Watch breaking events unfold from multiple angles, or go live yourself to alert your community and get rewarded.
* Crime Map: See every nearby incident pinned on a live map, updated in real time and color coated to see what’s an active threat versus something that is resolved.
* Real-Time Safety Alerts: Get instant notifications for crimes and emergencies near you and your loved ones, for free.
* Incident Resolution: Track how events unfold and see when incidents are closed: full picture, start to finish.
* Alert Zones: Set areas you wish to get alerted on that you may not be near like your office, school, or family member’s home.
* Registered Offenders: View a nationwide map of registered sex offenders near your home, school, or workplace.
* Missing Pet and Persons: Help locate missing pets and loved ones with your community's help.
* Police Radio: Listen to live police scanners and radio clips directly on the incidents they correspond to.


Now you can upgrade to Citizen Premium to get the full picture.


Citizen Premium: Get the most detailed information possible by upgrading to Citizen Premium. Access police and fire scanner audio clips, view detailed incident archives, set up multiple alert zones, and customize your notification radius for even more safety. Citizen Premium lets you stay safe and informed about what’s happening near your home, workplace, or school.


Download Citizen today to feel safer and more informed wherever you go!


*Citizen is available in the US and Canada. Most features work everywhere; however, Citizen’s free safety alerts are best supported in the following cities:


New York City, NY
Los Angeles (LA MSA), CA
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Toronto, ON
Washington, DC
Miami-Dade County, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta, GA
Boston, MA
Phoenix/Metro Area, AZ
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Palm Springs, CA
Detroit, MI
Seattle, WA
Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN
Tampa / Clearwater, FL
San Diego, CA
Denver Metro Area, CO
Baltimore, MD
Orlando, FL
St. Louis, MO
Charlotte, NC
San Antonio, TX
Portland, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Sacramento, CA
Orange County, CA
Cincinnati, OH
Kansas City, MO
Columbus, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Cleveland, OH
Nashville, TN
San Jose, CA
Providence, RI
Milwaukee, WI
Raleigh, NC
Oklahoma City, OK
Richmond, VA
Memphis, TN
Buffalo, NY
Salt Lake City, UT
Rochester, NY
Grand Rapids / Kent County, MI
Tucson, AZ
Honolulu, HI
Tulsa, OK
Newark, NJ
Worcester, MA
Fresno, CA
Sarasota, FL
Albany, NY
Santa Fe, NM
New Haven, CT
Columbia, SC
Bakersfield, CA
Boise City, ID
El Paso, TX
Dayton, OH
Ventura County (Oxnard), CA
Little Rock / Conway, AR
Madison, WI
Toledo, OH
and more


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Citizen: Safety & Live Video App Comments & Reviews

Citizen: Safety & Live Video Positive Reviews

I don’t want to breakup with you…. But I need the neighborhood drag menu back…I pay for the apps premium subscription because I’ve got a lot of time invested on this app and I’m really disappointed with the quality of the app recently. Im Not sure if it’s a glitch or not but I have been a long time user of this app which I used to love. however it has been a hassle to see notifications for an area that you’re trying to check out which user to have a drag up (neighborhood) list of notifications for the selected area. It just isn’t working anymore. Paid subscription or free. It looks like the menu is visible on the bottom of the screen but it’s not functional and takes up the map space and a little triangle of alerts that you can see only when In your immediate location. To see anything else, you have to click on every individual icon…What gives??.Version: 0.1233.0

Like a lot!I absolutely love this app. I think it’s a genius idea! I can’t imagine that amount of work and details that goes into creating something like this. However I think there are still many improvements and changes that can and should be made. Personally some ideas and things I notice right away that could be changed: - customizable notifications, for example option to set a miles scale radius of where you want to be notified, specific types of incidents you do and don’t want notifications for, being able to choose notification alert sounds for different incidents - importantly, it’d be helpful and interesting if there were more details and updates given for these situations. I see a lot of people in the comments saying this as well, one small example is parents asking if the “man with a gun” is actually happening and wanting details because it’s near a school that’s about to end for the day and never getting an answer - a section available at the bottom bar where you can set up a list of saved customized addresses/cities/locations that you want to more easily check on - could add at the bottom of the incident links to other sources like news articles There are all kinds of new features and changes to existing features that could make this app better. This app is genius and I can see it becoming much more known and widely used in the future! Continued improving will ensure that too..Version: 0.1049.0

Time stamp on videosI like the app but it would be more helpful if the videos were posted in chronological order or if they had time stamps. I was just following an important event in my neighborhood and I had a hard time figuring out if there were new developments and videos would have helped, especially because the updates being posted in real time were confusing and accurate. Since there is no time stamp on them (unless you select each video individually, select the user, then select the video again) it is impossible to determine if new ones have been added, so you have to keep scrolling through them. It’s very impractical when you have numerous videos to go through. Also, there should be better monitoring of the videos posted (some of them are completely useless). And there should be an age limit. Children should not be playing with this app. There was a five alarm fire tonight in my neighborhood and a young boy was playing reporter with his parents’ permission. Unacceptable and disrespectful. Other than that, it’s a very useful app..Version: 0.1006.0

Community Power at National ScaleOver the years using the Citizen app, we’ve watched something incredible happen: people all across the country — from big cities to small towns — are stepping up, staying alert, and looking out for one another. What started as a simple tool for awareness has grown into a national mobilization network in the millions. Citizen has pushed us forward in three major ways: 1. Real-Time Eyes and Ears Instant alerts give communities the awareness and reaction time we never had before. Whether it’s safety concerns, missing persons, severe weather, or suspicious activity, the app turns every user into a real-time observer who can help keep neighborhoods safe. 2. National Mobilization Millions of citizens are now connected and responding faster than traditional systems can. This has created an entirely new layer of public readiness — a civilian safety net that supports law enforcement, emergency responders, and local neighborhoods at the same time. 3. Community Unity & Leadership The biggest shift has been mindset: people are no longer isolated or unaware. The Citizen network has built confidence, accountability, and connection. It’s showing the country that when communities move together, change happens faster, problems get solved quicker, and people feel safer in their everyday lives. Overall Impact Citizen has helped modernize how we communicate during emergencies. It has empowered everyday people with tools that used to be reserved for agencies. And the best part — we’re just getting started. With continued growth, more awareness, and more hands involved, the potential impact is unlimited. Bradley Epstarter A.K.A..Version: 0.1271.1

Need improvementsI like the app, but there are several things I find incredibly annoying. First, I just passed an incident but cannot figure out how to post it without video. I don’t want to, nor was I allowed to stand there and record a dozen police cars responding to reports of a home intruder, but I can’t find another way to post it. So the incident isn’t on the app and it doesn’t appear that it’s going to be. Second, I can’t filter out reports by a certain radius. I live in a decent size city, and a report of a house fire or dumpster fire 2.5 miles away from me means absolutely nothing. It’s just annoying. I get constant notifications and now it’s like the boy who cried wolf - I ignore every single one of them because 99% are so far away from me they don’t impact me at all. I’m definitely going to delete the app if they can’t sort that out, because now it’s just interrupting me while I’m at work or enjoying time out without giving me valuable information..Version: 0.1057.0

Needs to be able to flip to landscape on a tablet, but great toolI am working and building a GSOC for work, and while we don’t have the other tools set up, this is a great tool for finding out what’s going around near any of our 68 locations I have to track. My only grip, and its something hopefully the devs will consider is that when using this on a tablet with a keyboard to fill out a GSOC report, it does not flip to landscape. This is a massive 12.9 inch iPad Pro with a keyboard it isn’t convenient to have to take it and rotate it to use the app then back to fill out the report. Fix that and you have a great tool. I like having access to things quickly with pictures and videos. Someone said that a parade is not something that should be on here, I disagree it impacts my buildings greatly from coast to coast and I want to know about it and see it. So great app, great tool, make it rotate to landscape please!!!!.Version: 0.1020.0

I don’t know about this..I got this app to see if there were any bad people around me. First of all I had to get the free trail for it. Second it didn’t even show the correct location. I tried googling some of these people and I could only find one with his location last being known in a different area from mine. Most of this stuff is a subscription use only which is very unhelpful because if this was a serious situation I would never be able to find them. I think the app otherwise may be good and I could be wrong about the location thing but I feel like it’s a safety hazard. Just to be specific, I did not use any other features because I did not need them at the moment but I’ve heard from other people in these reviews that it is also subscription based and not helpful at all. I don’t recommend getting this app if you are not willing to pay for the subscriptions..Version: 0.1197.0

GoodGood.Version: 0.1289.0

(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:Neat app ever I came to my grandmas house five houses down when I got alerted she got robbed.Version: 0.985.0

Amazing appLooks like most of the reviews are people complaining about availability in their area. Just launched in Toronto, Canada. Feeling good about it. Good info already, the app looks pretty slick and easy to navigate..Version: 0.1211.0

Hoping for it to be available in all of CanadaIt’s a great app. You get real time updates immediately when something happens but mainly just in the USA right now. I know the SA offender list will never be available in Canada, but I hope soon they can provide updates for dangers around us here..Version: 0.1246.0

Please make it work in canadaCool app but i’m from canada and i’d really like it if it would work so please make it happen.Version: 0.1283.0

In Canada and love this but..I like using this app provides good information but in Canada barely anyone knows about this app so don’t know when crime happens in my area.Version: 0.1266.2

VancouverJust kinda sad they don’t have it in other big Canadian cities. It annoys me because I live in Vancouver but there is also places like Montreal.Version: 0.1240.0

Idk… felt uselessI live in Canada and I downloaded this so I could help me figure out if anything’s happening in the area but the free version doesn’t exactly do that… and I understand it’s sending me notification about everywhere because I didn’t have the paid version. However, I do not get notification about Canada so… not exactly useful but it would be useful if you got the paid version ig.Version: 0.1252.0

Expansion?Are you planning on expanding into Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba? What about other areas of the world?.Version: 0.1237.1

Maybe it works well for some cities.Makes you sign up for their free trial with auto subscription and fill out their personal information survey before you can even see if they have data in your city..Version: 0.1223.0

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