Art 80F The Lunch Club Section H
Video Justice App
by Tayla Rund
Since not everyone wants to send information to the same people or record things to the same place, there is a system in the app that gives the user the ability to choose where and how their recordings are shared and saved. Recordings can be saved to the user's device, to their account, or sent to the people/organizations of the user's choice. Because the app can be used through the device's phone or video call, it becomes a contact in the user's device that they can call like any other person.
When a person gets the app, they create an account that they can link to their social media, contacts, and location. This will allow the app to easily link people to their identity. Of course, if people don't want this, they would be able to not give this information but it would make it more difficult for the app to perform certain tasks. The user decides where and how recordings are saved, whether its just on the user's phone or account or if they are sent to news or justice organizations.
The app would have two ways of being used. The first is if the person has time to take out their phone and open the app. In the app, there are ways to record audio and video as well as live stream. The second way the app is able to be used is if the user isn't able to access the app or wants to be discrete about recording. Instead of recording video or audio, the person would call or video call a service where the recording would be saved. If possible, the app would be integrated enough into the phone that the user would be able to press the home button four times and have the phone call or video the app service.
Audio recorded through the app is time-stamped and saved to the device and the user's account and can be immediately or later sent to whomever the user wants. If the audio is recorded over a phone call, the call is recorded and saved to the user's account and sent to whoever they set up to receive their recordings.
Video is recorded in pretty much the same way as the audio recordings. It is time stamped and saved or sent where the user set it up to go. Since most smart phones are able to video call, the app would use this system to record video remotely.
The emergency record is a way for a person to record interactions if they are unable to log in to the app. The recordings wouldn't be able to be sent to other places, but it would be time-stamped and saved to the device.
Sometimes during interactions with police, a person is told something or made to do something that isn't
Live streaming would be streamed to whichever places the user chose. The video would also be recorded in the same way any other video would be as well as being streamed. The app would have its own accounts to use for these streaming services if the user doesn't want their identity to be known. Ideally, it would also be possible for a person to stream video directly to a news, justice, or law organization if a user chose to do so.
actually part of the law. This part of the app gives information about local and national laws as well as a persons constitutional rights and information about contacting a lawyer.
The ACLU is an important civil rights information and protection organization that people often need to access. So, in the app there also is a link to the user's local ACLU contact information and website
In summation, this app would allow users to easily access a system of recording police interaction. It allows users to record audio and video with a time-stamp that they can save and send to multiple locations to avoid having the recording tampered with or deleted. The user also has the ability to live-stream through the app to the system of their choosing. The app allows for the user to choose whether or not to attach their name to the recordings so as to protect their identity. There is also information in the app that helps the user understand and be able to apply their rights during police interaction.