At least this criminal is polite

[WiseOne]

I installed the an app called "Citizen" on my iPhone - it's free, and shows you crime/police activity in your area, in real time. You can also allow it to send a notification of nearby new events.

It's super helpful to me. My immediate neighborhood shows clear, while nearby "hot spots" are riddled with reported activity. My walk to work takes me through an area with a medium level of activity, which is why I carry that pepper spray.

FWIW, it looks like the 20% NYC crime increase in January was followed by a much smaller increase (22% compared to a year ago) in February, so at least things aren't continuing to get worse. Hopefully it's just bad enough that the Democrats in Albany won't be able to continue ignoring the issue - especially in an election year. Or maybe I should hope that they will, so they'll end up getting voted out of office. We are in dire need of a Republican governor and legislature just now.

[dualstow]

I have that app, WiseOne, and it is evil. I would like to delete it but it has a hold on me like the Ring had a hold on Bilbo.
I am too weak to destroy it.

Seriously, the one benefit I got from it was to change a walking route to avoid a massive fire.
• Since the info is pulled from 911 calls and not uploaded by app users, there is a minimum of fake reports. However, this also means that it is too late to warn you if some guy is wielding a knife in a nearby alley.
• You might want to avoid the comments section. Not helpful and very racist. However, you might enjoy all the “F DiBlasio and his policies” posts. I can’t imagine you won’t see a few of those.
• Even if the calls aren’t fake, there are a lot of warnings that later turn out to be unfounded. It’s a kind of passive fear mongering. A few weeks with this app, and you’re going to feel like crime is happening all around you. Well, it kind of is, but the reports amplify everything. You’ll see. It might be better not to know, imo.

[vnatale]

LOL, the sober tone of the reporter and his quotes look like they're straight out of the Bee/Onion:

He’s up to 139 arrests — and he says he can’t be stopped.

Serial subway crook Charles Barry walked out of Manhattan Criminal Court early Saturday after his arraignment in his most recent arrest on Thursday afternoon.

He knew that except for having to spend about 36 hours in police custody, there were no immediate consequences to his alleged crimes, which include charges he snatched cash from people trying to use MetroCard machines.

“I’m famous! I take $200, $300 a day of your money, cracker! You can’t stop me!” Barry yelled to a Daily News reporter late Thursday night as police led him out of NYPD Transit District 1 headquarters in the Columbus Circle station.

“Bail reform, it’s lit!” Barry said. “It’s the Democrats! The Democrats know me and the Republicans fear me. You can’t touch me! I can’t be stopped!” link

If one was a Republican running in NYC, you could use video clips of this as a campaign ad.

There was that famed Mayor of New York City 2020 fall election? But I'm assuming no one DID use the above in a campaign ad?

[vnatale]

Tech - you'll be glad to hear I just ordered a keychain pepper gel spray. It's often windy in my neighborhood so regular spray would probably not be such a good idea. Of course, I had to get it sent to a friend in another state because even though they're legal to carry in NY, you're not allowed to order them online. Naturally.

Rereading this reminded me that I did want to also own one of these.

Went to Amazon to buy this one:

https://www.amazon.com/SABRE-RED-Pepper ... _item?th=1

But then I saw: '"This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location."

I had been told by someone that you can also buy these at sporting goods stores.

I just now headed here to see if they carried them.

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/

They do. But I was surprised that they seem to have the ability to ship one to me Why are they allowed to do so and Amazon is not?

[vnatale]

I have that app, WiseOne, and it is evil. I would like to delete it but it has a hold on me like the Ring had a hold on Bilbo.
I am too weak to destroy it.

Seriously, the one benefit I got from it was to change a walking route to avoid a massive fire.
• Since the info is pulled from 911 calls and not uploaded by app users, there is a minimum of fake reports. However, this also means that it is too late to warn you if some guy is wielding a knife in a nearby alley.
• You might want to avoid the comments section. Not helpful and very racist. However, you might enjoy all the “F DiBlasio and his policies” posts. I can’t imagine you won’t see a few of those.
• Even if the calls aren’t fake, there are a lot of warnings that later turn out to be unfounded. It’s a kind of passive fear mongering. A few weeks with this app, and you’re going to feel like crime is happening all around you. Well, it kind of is, but the reports amplify everything. You’ll see. It might be better not to know, imo.

Just installed the app on my phone. Seems to be nothing going on in my neighborhood which should not be surprising given the low density of people in my area:

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[dualstow]

Why do I keep falling for these thread resurrections.
Vinny, you owe each of us a fiver

[vnatale]

Why do I keep falling for these thread resurrections.
Vinny, you owe each of us a fiver

I had subscribed to it as a reminder for me when I finally got back to it to:

1) Buy pepper spray
2) Install the app