As the number of people using trains for commuting to work or school increases in the new year, the Metropolitan Police Department launched a campaign on the 8th to call for the use of crime prevention apps that are useful for combating molestation in Tokyo.
In the campaign held in front of JR Yotsuya Station in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 15 people in charge of the Metropolitan Police Department gathered and handed out leaflets of the crime prevention app to women using the train.
With an app called "Digi Police" developed by the Metropolitan Police Department, you can grasp information on crimes in your area, and on the assumption that you will use it on the train, you can get a one-touch message "Please help me as a molester" on your smartphone screen. The function displayed in is attached.
Also, in response to a voice from high school girls saying, "I can't afford to launch the app when I'm molested," from the 8th, "Isn't it sick?" A function to display a message asking "" has also been added.
A girl student in the third year of junior high school who received the leaflet said, "I think it's a good app because I can't easily raise my voice even if I suffer damage."
Kenji Yuzawa, Deputy Chief of the Life Safety and General Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, said, "The app is free, so I hope it will be used by working people and students who are entering a new life."