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title: Power to the People
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![power-to-the-people.png](../assets/project/power-to-the-people.png "Screenshots of Power to the People, an iOS app designed to make traffic stops safer.")
![](/assets/img/power-to-the-people.png)
**An iPhone app designed to make traffic stops safer for marginalized
communities.** Record interactions with police, assign and text emergency
contacts, and be informed of your rights. I worked in a student team of 4,
including [David Sohn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohn-david/), [Jacob Zamore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-zamore/),
and [Patrick Smith](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-smith-ld/), to prototype
and build a proof of concept in 36 hours. The app was selected for the *
*President's Pick award** at [CruzHacks 2024](https://cruzhacks.com/), the
premier hackathon of UC Santa Cruz.
**An iPhone app designed to make traffic stops safer for marginalized communities.** Record interactions with police, assign and text emergency contacts, and be informed of your rights. I worked with [David Sohn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohn-david/), [Jacob Zamore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-zamore/), and [Patrick Smith](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-smith-ld/) to build the proof of concept in 36 hours. The app was selected for the President's Pick award at [CruzHacks 2024](https://cruzhacks.com/), the premier hackathon of UC Santa Cruz.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/brendan-ch/PowerToThePeople)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/brendan-ch/PowerToThePeople)
- [Devpost](https://devpost.com/software/power-to-the-people-lbhxyd)
My contribution was the iOS app prototype, of which a demo is shown below. I
built the primary user flow of recording a police interaction, simultaneously
using the front and back iPhone cameras to capture all angles. Activating the
recording also displays the "Know Your Rights" screen, displaying basic dos and
don'ts. Finally, I built a way to view previous recordings and share the files
using the iOS share sheet.
My contribution was the iOS app prototype, of which a demo is shown below. I built the primary user flow of recording a police interaction, simultaneously using the front and back iPhone cameras to capture all angles.[^1] Activating the recording also displays the "Know Your Rights" screen, displaying the basic dos and don'ts. Finally, I built a way to view previous recordings and share the files using the iOS share sheet.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Un8JWXkpcW4?si=CfQ0qOuUjSpas0ny&amp;start=89" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
[^1]: Looking back on the project, this was 100% inspired by BeReal.