Provides a mobile platform that educates users on their legal rights, enables secure incident reporting, and facilitates community-driven advocacy. It addresses the challenges of unsafe police interactions by offering tools for documentation, resource sharing, and coalition building to promote accountability and social justice.
Funding
$210K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Interactions with law enforcement can be unsafe, especially for marginalized communities, due to power imbalances and lack of transparency. Individuals often lack readily accessible information about their legal rights during these encounters, hindering their ability to protect themselves. Existing methods for reporting incidents are often cumbersome, discouraging documentation and limiting opportunities for community-driven advocacy.
Solution
Reyets is a mobile platform designed to educate individuals about their legal rights, facilitate secure incident reporting, and foster community-driven advocacy. The platform provides a knowledge base of legal rights, guidance on alternatives to calling 911, and tools for filming and reporting civil rights abuses. Users can connect with like-minded individuals, join group pages, and build coalitions to promote social justice. Reyets aims to empower citizens by turning every cell phone into a tool for accountability, knowledge, and safety.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes individuals concerned about social justice, civil rights, and safe interactions with law enforcement, particularly within marginalized communities.
Features
- Comprehensive knowledge base of legal rights across various scenarios (stops & arrests, immigration, searches & warrants, etc.)
- Secure incident reporting feature with options for filming and documenting encounters
- Group pages and coalition-building tools for connecting with other users and organizing advocacy campaigns
- Alternatives to calling 911 directory
- Social justice network to connect with like-minded individuals