'SnapCrap' app invites San Francisco residents to report poop on city streets

See something gross? The new 'SnapCrap' app allows you to take a photo and press submit. Tickets get instantly submitted to San Francisco's 311 line. See something gross? The new 'SnapCrap' app allows you to take a photo and press submit. Tickets get instantly submitted to San Francisco's 311 line. Photo: SnapCrap App Photo: SnapCrap App Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close 'SnapCrap' app invites San Francisco residents to report poop on city streets 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

The new SnapCrap app is bringing San Francisco's poop problem into focus.

The free app launched Tuesday for iOS users invites people to take photographs of feces on streets and sidewalks that need cleaning and delivers a report to the city's 311 hotline.

Sean Miller is the brains behind the app and told NBC Bay Area he was inspired to start the project when he moved from Vermont to San Francisco in 2017 and was surprised to find himself constantly stepping over human waste.

San Francisco is known for its filthy streets; the 311 line receives about 65 calls regarding sidewalk poop every day. To address the issue, the Department of Public Works announced in April it hired five staffers to join a "Poop Patrol" to steam clean sidewalks and clean up feces.

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Public Works spokesperson Rachel Gordon welcomes the new SnapCrap app as another way to help clean up the city.

"Any way people want to report concerns and service requests to us ... that's great," Gordon says.

But she also wants to remind people they can use the city's 311 app to report feces and she says it features additional tools SnapCrap doesn't have. For example, you can add details to your report that might be helpful to the department workers responding, while SnapCrap only allows you to post a photo and then identifies your location with GPS.

Gordon also says the city is trying to be more proactive in preventing the issue and just opened a 24th Pit Spot public toilet.