CNN: This controversial real-time crime alert app is now selling access to its safety agents. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/tech/citizen-app-protect-safety-launch/index.... "New York(CNN Business)Next time you're walking alone at night or meeting up with a stranger for a first date, one startup would like to listen in -- with the goal of protecting you. Citizen, an app best known and sometimes criticized for sending real-time crime and emergency alerts that can put users on edge, launched a paid private security product called Protect on Tuesday.