🚨 ANDROID USERS: Here’s How to Auto-Record Police Encounters — Because Your Phone Should Protect You Too
You asked for an Android version, message me when you have tested this!
Many of you asked for an Android version of the iOS shortcut I posted on documenting your police encounter. Well, give this a shot! This post is for the rest of you.
IPHONE USERS: You can install the shortcut directly onto your iphone from this article.
📱 Android Setup: Voice-Activated Recording for Police Stops
Step 1: Enable Google Assistant
Make sure it’s turned on (Settings → Google → Settings for Google Apps → Search, Assistant & Voice → Google Assistant).
Step 2: Download the “Voice Access” App (Optional but helpful)
It gives you full voice control of your phone and can help if you’re physically unable to touch the screen.
Step 3: Create a Voice Command to Open Your Camera or Recorder
Use your phone’s built-in Google Assistant Routines:
Open the Google app
Tap your profile photo → Settings → Google Assistant → Routines
Create a new routine: When you say “Record Police”, your phone:
Opens your camera app
Or starts a voice recorder
And optionally sends your live location to a trusted contact
Step 4: Share a Backup with Trusted Contacts
Apps like Witness, ACLU Mobile Justice, and Signal allow for:
Instant video uploads
Secure auto-sharing if your phone is seized or disabled
Encrypted backups so your footage doesn’t get “lost”
No one should have to build tech defenses just to survive a traffic stop — but here we are. If we can’t yet count on justice, we can at least create tools that document the truth. Tools that speak when we can’t. Tools that back us up when the law doesn’t.
Set this up for yourself.
Set it up for your kids.
Set it up because your life — and your story — deserve to be protected, even when the system doesn’t.
Because being prepared isn’t fear.
It’s love.
And it’s power.
We don’t just dream big. We act bigger.
And that means showing up for each other in every way we can — including this one.
NOTE: I have not been able to test this, if you have an android and can confirm this works - please message me.
IPHONE USERS: You can install the shortcut directly onto your iphone from this article.