Citizen is a mobile app that alerts you when crimes, emergencies, and other potentially dangerous events happen in your area.

JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (PIX11) — If there’s an emergency anywhere in the five boroughs, people need to be informed about it right away, of course. In trying to meet that need, the city has announced ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A popular public safety app has made its way to Central New York. Citizen, a real-time safety app, is now available for Syracuse residents providing instant updates on local ...

PITTSBURGH — The Citizen app is a crowdsourced public safety app that’s been around for nearly a decade in other major cities. Pittsburgh gets added to the app June 20. Its creators say Citizen’s ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Seeing notifications about gunshot detection on your crime watch apps? They’re not accurate. In recent weeks, numerous alerts have been issued by the Citizen App about gunshots detected ...

In a bid to enhance public safety communications in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams has introduced a new city-run account, “NYC Public Safety,” on the Citizen app. Thanks to the account, the city ...

A new crowdsourcing app will soon be available to people in western Pennsylvania. Developers say it's designed to help empower people to keep their communities safe, but some in law enforcement ...