The essential app for personal safety. Get COVID contact tracing, live safety alerts, user videos of incidents, and 24/7 access to help at the tap of a button.

• NEW COVID contact tracing. Helps you know when and where you’re exposed to COVID, be aware of the risk in your local area or city and track your symptoms. Plus, get a free at-home test if you receive an exposure notification from us (terms and conditions apply see https://citizen.com/tracing/tests).

• Get real-time, lifesaving alerts about local and city crime, incidents, and danger that could affect you or your loved ones.


• Alerts go out within 90 seconds of a 911 or user report and are verified by trained Citizen agents.


• Stop wondering when you hear sirens or see police activity. Instead of trying to listen to a police scanner or radio, check the app to find out what’s happening.


• Live videos show you what’s really going on, so you don’t miss breaking news.

• Be aware if a friend is near an incident or crime, and DM them to check in.


• When something happens local to you or in a city you care about, you can follow live updates with friends.


Citizen is partnered with San Joaquin County Health Care Services, California, to provide its contact tracing features.

Please see Citizen’s Terms of Service & Privacy Policy (https://citizen.com/privacy/policy) for further information