The project started with an innovative idea to make traffic stops safer by better utilizing technology to assist with one of the most dangerous activities in policing. The idea was to develop an app to make traffic stops safer for police and for motorists. This is done by improved communication between police officer and motorist. The app enables,

• Police to gain more insight into the driver before approaching the car

• Improved transparency for both motorist and police

• Utilization of GPS based information

• Smarter policing

The goal of the app is to use technology including smart phone technology and GPS technology to make traffic stops safer. Motorists must initiate communication. This app allows motorists to send key information to officers as soon as they are being pulled over by a police officer. This enables the driver to send their personal information to the officer before the officer gets out of the car. As part of normal protocol, officers run plates but they do not know who is actually driving the car. This app assists both motorist and officer. It provides a comfort level to motorists that their information has been sent ahead of time to officers. For officers, they have more insight into who is driving the car, including some personal information about the driver.

We already have a beta version of the app for iOS devices. The beta version has been tested and is near production ready. We plan to conduct additional testing with the police departments. We plan to use the money from Kickstarter to make additional enhancements to the iOS version to make it fully production ready and to develop the Android version.

Key Features :

 App is free download for drivers

 Better communication between driver and police

 Communication must be initiated by the driver by pressing send button

 Text sent to driver’s contact during stop

 Information is compressed for fast delivery.

 Driver has greater confidence that their information was sent ahead of time and there will be no misunderstandings

 Police gain more insight quicker into the actual driver before approaching the car.

 GPS based mobile technology

 Transparency for both driver and police