This app will automatically record your conversation when you get pulled over

In light of the recent high-profile killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless other Black people at the hands of police. tension between members of the police force and civilians are higher than ever. If you’re worried about being treated unfairly by cops if and when you get pulled over. a good samaritan named Robert Petersen has created a Shortcut that will automatically record your interaction as evidence. The Shortcut, called “I’m getting pulled over,” “pauses any music that may be playing, turns down your brightness and volume and turns on Do Not Disturb”. It then “sends a message to the contact of your choosing letting them know you’re being pulled over and what your current location is”. Finally, it “opens your front camera and starts a video recording so you have a video record of being pulled over”. Once the encounter is over and you stop recording, your phone “sends a copy of the video to a contact you specify … and gives you the option to send to iCloud Drive or Dropbox”. All you have to do to activate it is say, “Hey Siri, I’m getting pulled over”. The Shortcut, which utilizes the Shortcuts app launched in 2018, is “the civilian equivalent” of a police officer’s body cam, according to Petersen. Though Petersen’s app is only available for iPhone users, similar apps like Stop and Frisk Watch are available for both Android and iPhone devices