Culpability

Social media platform engineered for safety and instant emergency SOS alerts

Tech Stack Used

Project Snapshot

Have you ever heard about a social media platform that doesn’t just let you share your life, but saves it? We have built Culpability, a social media-inspired app that opportunes US citizens and law enforcement alike to capture, report, and view real-time incidents – good and bad.

In moments of crises, public emergencies, incidents, or police encounters, app users can send instant SOS alerts to their trusted groups, backed by live audio and video streams.

The need to build Culpability

The stark reality in the United States shows African Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than Caucasians. Black women face a 1.4 times higher risk of deadly encounters. These chilling stats fueled the development of Culpability. Our client had experienced firsthand challenges from both sides of the justice system. Additionally, coming from the law enforcement family, our client was determined to create a Culpability – a digital guardian, ensuring every citizen has a voice and every incident is seen.

TOPS Strategies in Action

When TOPS Infosolutions took on the mobile app development of Culpability, we didn’t just want to build an app, we wanted to solve the core challenges of US citizens’ safety.

Human-Centered Design – Our team made sure that the app was as easy to use as sending a text – because when emergencies happen, every second counts.

Real-Time Communications – Seamless like audio/video streaming for instant alerts.

Fortress-like Security – Our team embedded state-of-the-art encryption, ensuring every interaction and incident is protected.

All-in-One User Experience – Designed with a complete blend of social media features and emergency tools to give users control over their safety.

Challenges We encountered

Streaming in Stressful Moments: We had to ensure that live audio/video streams worked smoothly despite poor network coverage.
Balancing Privacy With Public Safety: Data privacy while building flexible social media features for easier incident reporting required careful engineering.
Accurate Location Tracking: Pinpointing a location within seconds of an incident, no matter where the user is, meant deploying advanced location pinning functionalities.
Designing For Safety and Crises: We had to brainstorm what a user would need in the most stressful or deadly incident of their life. The app had to be intuitive, reliable, and faster.
Customizable Circle Management: Building a social network within the emergency SOS app requires a flexible design to accommodate user’s different groups like family, friends, colleagues, or more while maintaining control and privacy.

Solutions We Deployed

Optimized Media Compression and Streaming

To ensure that the real-time audio/video streams could be captured and shared without lag, even in the low connectivity areas, we deployed a cutting-edge media compression algorithm.

Benefits to Users
Users can ‘Go live’ and opt for audio/video streaming during emergencies, ensuring their contacts can see everything in real-time.

Security Encryption

To ensure that sensitive recordings are protected and still accessible when needed to the right people, we used secured encryption methods and cloud storage solutions.

Benefits to Users
Users can rest assured that their live streams, videos, and data are safe from unauthorized access.

Pinpoint User Location Accurately

Our team has incorporated advanced location pinning technology that helps the incident victim to precisely pin the incident location in his/her post. Secondly, app users can even view incidents on the map so that they can easily check the incidents reported near their location.

Benefits to Users
Friends, family, colleagues, and law enforcement know where the user is during the incident, ensuring swift action.

Intuitive User Experience

Designed an easy-to-navigate app focused on emergency scenarios, users can share the SOS emergency alert with a single tap. Furthermore, SOS alerts are instantly shared with emergency contacts, making it easy for them to see, locate, or guide the victim in real-time.

Benefits to Users
No fuss, quick access to SOS alerts when seconds matter the most.

Flexible Circle Management System

We built a dynamic circle development system that allows users to create customizable groups (family, friends, colleagues, or more), ensuring that the incident reports and emergency alerts are sent to the trusted people.

Benefits to Users
Sending alerts to trusted people in a few clicks helps users to ask for instant help or notify the incidents to the groups they create on the app.