an emergency number, potentially 888, would enable women to have theirjourneys tracked and an alert triggered if they don t reach home in a set time. the government says it is considering bt s proposal and welcomes working with the private sector, but there are already a number of apps like this. polyguard has been downloaded more than 300,000 times. in an emergency, it alerts a series of contacts, gives a precise location, and automatically starts recording video. it was set up by holly guard s family after she was killed by her ex partner. it is for everybody, anybody wants to feel extra safe when they are out of the house, it is tried, tested, it has been working for six years, and we could put that out tomorrow to the whole country. is technology the answer? the co founder of the campaign group reclaim these streets says bt s idea is little more
home in a set time. the government says it is considering bt s proposal and welcomes working with the private sector, but there are already a number of apps like polyguard has been downloaded more than 300,000 times. in an emergency, it alerts a series of contacts, gives a precise location, and automatically starts recording video. it was set up by holly guard s family after she was killed by her ex partner. it is for everybody, anybody wants to feel extra safe when they are out of the house, it is tried, tested, it has been working for six years, and we could put that out tomorrow to the whole country. is technology the answer? the co founder of the campaign group reclaim these streets says bt s idea is little more
month in south london, had led to a wide public debate about the safety of women and potential solutions. the safety of women and potentialsolutions. bt the safety of women and potential solutions. bt now have a plan for a smartphone app have a plan for a smartphone app called walk me home, an emergency number, possibly 888 would allow the jetty to be tracked and an alert triggered if they do not return in a set time. the government says it is considering bt s proposal and welcomes working with the private sector, but there are already a number of apps like this. polyguard has been downloaded more than 300,000 times. in an emergency, it alerts a series of contacts, gives a precise location, and automatically starts recording video. it was set up by holly guard s family after she was killed by her ex partner. it is for everybody, anybody wants to feel extra safe when they
that allows a 20 47 monitoring by a professional monitor agents, so when someone raises and alerts, the phone starts to record voice and video. that goes to that monitoring centre. they filter it out, and if they believe that that individual needs to have emergency search called, then they will liaise with emergency services. so we are not getting wasted police resource going to incidents that they no longer need to be with. what we are getting is policed to those areas where people need it and need it most. so that s one of the things that we have learned over the last five years, and that has been in since the middle of last year now.- middle of last year now. very ruickl , middle of last year now. very quickly. nick. middle of last year now. very quickly, nick, have middle of last year now. very quickly, nick, have you - middle of last year now. very quickly, nick, have you spoken to the home office over the last 5 six years? the home office over the last 5- six ears? ~ . ~ the
me his reaction to the bt social media apps stop and one man pleased because it means that the government are taking this issue very seriously, but on the other hand, i m a little disappointed, because we have been trying to work with the governments and ministers for a very long time now with respect to our own app called holly guard. it actually has the same functionality that the bt app proposes to have, but has a lot more functionality. so we are a bit perplexed as to why the government aren t speaking to us, but as soon a big giant comes in, you know, they start to speak to them. so we would like to speak to them. so we would like to speak to the government. 0ur app is up and running from its tribe, it s tested, it s been working out for six years, and we can put that out tomorrow for the whole country. i mean, realistically, you could be working with the government, with bt to really push this out there, couldn t