Colorado ACLU launches app to record police activity

The American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado has launched a free mobile app for people to film and send recordings of police interactions with the public to the organization.

The ACLU has already launched the app in nine other states, including California, Nebraska, and Missouri. The organization expects another 11 states to follow soon.

The ACLU says users of the app, called “Mobile Justice CO,” will be uploading content to the organization in real time so the material will be saved even if the recording is stopped for whatever reason. The ACLU says citizens’ recordings of police serve as an accountability tool.

Law enforcement officials in Colorado have said they support people’s right to record police in public and that they do not object to the ACLU’s app.