aid: citizen
name: Citizen
description: Citizen is a consumer public-safety mobile application that delivers real-time,
  location-based safety alerts and incident notifications to users about events happening in
  their communities. The app surfaces verified alerts, live video streamed by witnesses at the
  scene, incident search, and community broadcast features to help people connect and stay safe.
  Backed by 8vc, Citizen positions itself as the leading public-safety app in the United States.
  It is a consumer product with no public developer program, API documentation, SDK, or developer
  portal exposed on its website as of this enrichment pass.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://images.prismic.io/citizen-site/ea51fded-bedd-482d-85b6-0ae1b743d636_Thumbnail+-+Invite.png?auto=compress,format
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/citizen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 8vc
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Public Safety
- Safety
- Mobile Application
- Location Based Services
- Real Time Alerts
- Consumer
- Emergency
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/citizen-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://citizen.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.citizen.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://citizen.com/privacy/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://citizen.com/privacy
- type: Blog
  url: https://medium.com/citizen
- type: About
  url: https://citizen.com/about
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence