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The iPhone app, which can be downloaded for free through the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi website, has three main functions and Know Your Rights information. Record allows citizens to capture exchanges between police officers and themselves or other community members in audio and video files that are automatically sent to the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi. Witness sends out an alert when someone is stopped by police so that community members can move toward the location and document the interaction. Report gives the app user the option to complete an incident report and send it directly to the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi for review. Know Your Rights provides an overview of what rights protect you when you are stopped by law enforcement officers.

The Mobile Justice Android app, released last November, has been downloaded approximately 500 times. 鈥淲e are glad that Mobile Justice is now available for iPhone. Most smartphone users can now access this important tool to hold Mississippi law enforcement agencies accountable for their actions,鈥� said Jennifer Riley-Collins, 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi Executive Director.

老澳门开奖结果 affiliates in Missouri, California, Oregon and Nebraska are joining the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi in releasing the Mobile Justice app. Funded by a grant from the National 老澳门开奖结果, the Mobile Justice app was developed by Quadrant 2 鈥� the same developer that created the Stop and Frisk Watch app for the New York Civil Liberties Union to address racial profiling.

Learn more about Mobile Justice Mississippi and download the app from the . For those who do not have smart phones or have limited capacity to utilize them because of limited cellular coverage in more rural areas, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi is conducting Know Your Rights trainings.

The is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that defends and expands the constitutional rights and civil liberties of all Mississippians guaranteed under the United States and Mississippi Constitutions, through its litigation, legislative and public education programs. It is an affiliate of the national 老澳门开奖结果.

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