Culpability

Culpability is solving the problem of premature death and intentional harm to black and brown people who interact with police.  Racism and police brutality have been an unfortunate constant within marginalized communities.  My mentor, the late Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,shared stories of how police attacked him when protesting for the right to vote in the 1960’s. For years, people have complained, but the brutality continues to rise.

Culpability uses technology to connect users with their communities to increase their chances of safety when engaging with police. 

• Culpability Start Recording: Users can deploy the app to start recording to create a digital footprint.

• Culpability Emergency SOS: Recording starts immediately and a link of the audio and video recording can be sent to the user's predetermined emergency contacts including their GPS location. 

• Culpability Deployment: Notifies other users in the area that a fellow user is in distress.

• Culpability Map: Provide a data snapshot for Culpability users to view incidents and police calls within their communities.

• Culpability Reporting: Rate police performance using captured data through the app.

Culpability introduces user-friendly technology to communities that are disproportionately marginalized by law enforcement. Today, almost everyone has mobile phone access and Culpability introduces technology that pairs with an iOS or Android device to provide users a sense of personal security. Statistically, when citizens record police they increase their chances of getting home by 27%.  When deployed and documented, the Culpability app’s dashboard will improve these chances even more by engaging the community and gathering data to share with civic organizations, municipalities, and citizen review boards to proactively report bad police.

Culpability is in the prototype stage because the app is ready to launch. We are currently in the review process for both Apple and Google play stores.  The app will be available for both iOS and Android usage in December of 2021.  Our goal is to begin our rollout to partnerships with community leaders, churches, The Smart Foundation, My ID, and other community partners as early adopters.