A group of innovators in Chicago have gone ahead and created an innovative new smartphone app, set to launch in early December, that is designed to make it easier for people to rate police interactions in order to better hold police accountable for their interactions.
Dubbed 'Excuse Me Officer', this app allows users to rate their experiences with police whether they are positive or negative. What's great about the app is that it puts the onus on police to do their jobs as well as they can, and gives citizens the ability to celebrate police for doing a difficult job well, or indeed provide feedback for interactions that could have been handled in a better way.
In a climate of increasing tension between police and certain communities in Chicago, this app aims to foster accountability.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Police-rating Apps
- The rise of police-rating apps presents an opportunity for increased police accountability and better community relations.
- Citizen Reporting
- Citizen reporting apps like Excuse Me Officer are disrupting traditional channels of communication between law enforcement and the public.
- Public Oversight
- The use of police-rating apps is part of a larger trend towards increased public oversight of law enforcement.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Law Enforcement
- Police-rating apps have the potential to disrupt traditional law enforcement practices and increase transparency.
- Technology
- The development of innovative app-based solutions like Excuse Me Officer is driving the technological disruption of law enforcement.
- Community Engagement
- Police-rating apps are promoting greater community engagement in law enforcement and providing new ways for citizens to hold police accountable.
