Relay: Neighborhood Safety description

Relay is a new platform for solving non-emergency safety concerns. No matter where you are in the United States, you can use Relay to get help when you need it.

We're trying to encourage collaborative crime-prevention and crime-solving by creating better relationships between first responders and their neighbors, so they know each other before they really need each other.

With Relay, you report your safety concern and it's instantly routed directly to nearby first responders. Follow along as things progress with status updates, and even exchange messages, pictures, and video with responding officers, so long as the responding agency is integrated with our platform.

Our map and feed show incidents reported to police via Relay and other sources, as well as COVID-19 trends and severe weather advisories in your area. With safety broadcasts from police and other public safety personnel nearby, you're getting the full picture about any safety trends and concerns near you.

Finally, you can sign up for alerts directly from public safety officials about hazards in your area, like pandemic updates, requests for crime tips, or warnings about break-ins, thefts, missing persons, and more.

At Relay, we think about privacy a lot. In fact, it's in everything we do, and that includes our app. We only ask for permissions on your phone at the time they’re needed, and we work hard to make clear what happens with the information you share, when you’re choosing to share it, rather than burying it in some privacy policy. It’s time for a new, honest, standard of privacy.

Get a sense of civic pride contributing to the public safety conversation, and be in the know on nearby activity. Together, we can all help make each community safer.

** RELAY IS FOR NON-EMERGENCY SAFETY CONCERNS ONLY. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY, DIAL 911 **