Crime tracking app Citizen acquires Harbor, a disaster prep app –
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“Transforming public safety is a massive undertaking and requires an incredible team and set of products to accelerate our mission globally. We’re excited with this acquisition of harbor, along with their technology, products and team,” said Citizen founder and CEO Andrew Frame in a press release. Harbor, which raised a $5 million seed round about a year and a half ago, gamifies the process of preparing for crises like fires and earthquakes. “There’s so much we will do together to continue building our new technology category around mobile safety.” This acquisition could help Citizen give users ways to stay safe that don’t involve anxiety-inducing alerts about nearby incidents. The app has also come under fire for offering to pay users $30,000 for information about a suspected arsonist who turned out to be innocent, as well as trying to deploy private security workers to examine the scene of reported crimes.