Citizen crime tracking app is facing scrutiny following a number of controversies
New report reveals CEO Andrew Frame s frenzy during botched manhunt in LA
Frame offered a $30,000 bounty for arson suspect but identified the wrong man Find this f k.close in on him.no escape he raged in internal messages
Also revealed were paid street teams that pose as regular Citizen users
Meanwhile, Citizen is scrapping ambitious plan to launch private security force
The app is popular in major cities as a way to track nearby reports of crimes
Citizen app is scrapping ambitious plan for private security force for users
The app is popular in major cities as a way to track nearby reports of crimes
Citizen confirmed last week it was testing private security with employees in LA
Mysterious Citizen-branded patrol car has been spotted on streets of LA
It comes after Citizen put a bounty on the wrong man s head as arson suspect
Bloomberg
Citizen, an app that started as a service for real-time crime alerts made waves late last week with news that it was testing a private, on-demand security force, after a company-branded patrol car was spotted in Los Angeles. Now the company has said that test is over, and that it will not launch its own private security force in the future but would not rule out partnerships with other companies that would accomplish the same thing.
Citizen said Wednesday that the program it had been testing with some of its employees in Los Angeles, which provided those who were part of the test with an on-demand “personal rapid response service” with a third-party provider, has concluded.