Following a spate of recent incidents across the United States, practices of police have been placed under the microscope, making this innovative iPhone shortcut an ideal way to help citizens feel safe if they’re ever pulled over.
The shortcut, simply known as ‘I’m getting pulled over,’ is available for iPhone users and is activated when you say “Hey Siri, I’m being pulled over.” Once a user says this phrase, the device will pause music being played, turn down the brightness and volume of the phone, turn on Do Not Disturb mode, and sends a message to a contact of your choosing stating that you are being pulled over while sending out your location.
In addition, the shortcut will open up the front camera and start recording video. When a user stops the recording, the footage is sent to a contact and the device’s brightness and volume are returned to where they were. The shortcut then gives the user the option of sending the footage to iCloud or Dropbox.
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The shortcut was created by Redditor Robert Petersen back in 2018 but has recently increased in popularity and been updated.
Speaking with KCTV about the shortcut last year, Petersen said, “I just wanted a way for anyone to have proof of their version of events in the unlikely scenario that something unexpected happens during a police interaction. And if 1 in 10,000 people find my shortcut useful at all I’d be glad.”
To make use of the feature, iPhone users first need to download the ‘Shortcuts’ app and will need to run a shortcut in the app. You will then need to head on over to settings, click on Shortcuts and toggle the ‘Allow Untrusted Shortcuts’ feature to on. It is then simply a matter of downloading the ‘I’m getting pulled over’ shortcut, opening it up and tapping ‘Add Untrusted Shortcut’ on your iOS device.
