WatchDog

About

A read-only window into San Francisco's safety data.

WatchDog is an open-source intelligence (OSINT) dashboard that stitches together public data feeds — police dispatch, fire calls, 311 reports, traffic incidents, neighborhood news, and Caltrans traffic cameras — into one map and timeline. Built for SF residents who want a transparent view of what the city is responding to in real time.

What it shows

  • Map — every live incident plotted geographically, plus 700+ Caltrans cameras you can tap to view.
  • Live — a chronological table of every incoming call/report, filterable by source, severity, and neighborhood.
  • Feed — recent neighborhood news coverage of violent crime in SF, ranked by severity and recency.

What it doesn't do

  • No facial recognition. California AB 1215 prohibits it on body-worn cameras, and we don't run it on anything else either.
  • No predictive policing of people. We don't score individuals, gangs, or demographic groups. We surface incidents tied to places, in real time.
  • No private data. Every source listed below is already public. We just put it in one place.

Data sources

Got a camera? Contribute one.

If you run a small business or own a home camera and want to opt in to share access with verified responders on a policy you control, join the contributor waitlist. You define the geofence, time windows, and warrant requirements. Every query against your camera shows up in your dashboard with full provenance.

Open source

WatchDog is built in the open. The code is on GitHub. Bug reports, PRs, and new data sources welcome.

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