Following ongoing protests over police brutality and greater scrutiny of police behavior, an iPhone shortcut designed to record a user’s interactions with police has seen renewed interest.
It’s called the “I’m being pulled over” shortcut, and it works like this. After downloading and installing the shortcut, the user simply needs to say “Hey Siri, I’m getting pulled over” to activate it. The shortcut will then automatically pause music, dim the brightness on the iPhone, turn down the phone volume, turn on Do Not Disturb, and send a notification to a contact of your choosing that you are being pulled over, as well as your current location. The shortcut will then activate the front-facing camera and begin recording. Once the recording has stopped, a copy of the video is then sent to a specified contact, the brightness and volume are returned to their original settings, Do Not Disturb is turned off, and the user is given the option to send the video to DropBox or iCloud.
The iPhone shortcut was first created in 2018, but has since been updated to fix lingering bugs. It has also gained popularity since the death of George Floyd.
To get the shortcut, iPhone users must first download the Shortcuts app. Go to Settings, and tap “Shortcuts.” Toggle the “Allow Untrusted Shortcuts” switch to on. Then download the “I’m getting pulled over” shortcut using this link in the Safari browser on you iPhone. Hit “Get Shortcut.”
From there, tap “Add Untrusted Shortcut,” and select the contacts you would like to send the notification and video to. When finished, hit Done.
The iPhone shortcut was created by reddit user Robert Petersen, and has seen a flurry of attention in the last several weeks. “I just wanted a way for anyone to have proof of their version of events in the unlikely scenario that something unexpected happens during a police interaction,” Petersen told KCTV in 2019. “And if one in 10,000 people find my shortcut useful at all I’ll be glad.”
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Great idea. Now the rest of the world can see you act like a retard when you try to “aCaB” and “fight” while driving your parents vehicle, then cry your eyes out when you’ve been tased and arrested. Hopefully your parents won’t bail you out but let’s face it, you’re 39 and was never disciplined by them. That’s why you’re a garbage person.
I for one can’t wait to watch these. Hopefully apple creates a database for the rest of us to watch.
A good reality TV show for the idiot masses.
If you act like a decent human being and follow commands/requests given by the officer, answer questions when asked, then this won’t be necessary. I wouldn’t want to walk in an officer’s shoes today. I hope they understand there are way more people like me who respect and appreciate them than the thugs tearing up our cities and inciting violence.
i hate it when i screw up at work, kill someone, my buddies and i lie about it, and people want to treat me like i’m a criminal.
it sucks.
Maybe if the cops don’t act like Training Day, The Shield or The Departed back by thug and bigoted community leadership, even if you “comply and obey” the people probably won’t get upset….
I believe most attorneys will tell you to NOT answer any questions an officer asks you. You owe him license, registration, and possibly proof of insurance. If he asks you to exit the vehicle, exit the vehicle, but usually they do that just to harass you, and if they know you’re recording, they’re much less likely to harass you.
Do not answer any questions – “Where are you going?”. “Do you know how fast you were going?” In turn, you can ask “What is the reason for the stop?”, but they’re not obligated to tell you.
Take the ticket and if you want to contest it, do that in court – don’t bother arguing with the officer at the side of the road.
You can always file a complaint against the officer, which is separate from a court appearance. If you have good reason to file a complaint, do so. They don’t like complaints on their record, and given recent events complaints will probably carry more weight in the future.
I’m not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. But, there are a ton of videos on YouTube on this subject.
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Totally agree in this, as one ex-cop said to me “the street isn’t the courtroom”.
As long as it doesn’t go to liberal big tech company it will be fine. Otherwise the cop will always be wrong.
George Orwell would be proud.
This is going to cause more defiance and resistance to cooperation with law enforcement.
If one who is exercising their first amendment rights leads them into a situation where they need their sixth amendment. I’m sure they very well know their constitutional rights do not supersede US state and federal laws, not cooperating with law enforcement can lead to resting arrest, which is a crime.
Just a few days ago a young officer came into the Wahoo’s fish taco’s I was having lunch at looking a little discontent, not making any eye contact. As I was leaving I said to her, “officer” she looked up with a reluctant look on her face “thank you for doing what you do”. She looked appreciative putting a thankful smile on her face and I went about my day.
Stay classy folks!
Sounds like it will be good for Black’s and White’s It will keep POLICE Honest
It will keep the black’s honest too. Hopefully.
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