Street Crime 2.0: New Apps to help you feel safer in Latin America

Residents, tourists, taxi drivers, or just in town for a business meeting, Google Maps or Waze might tell you what the fastest route is, but is it also the safest? And if you fall victim to street violence, can you connect to the police in one click?
To find out, Latam.tech spoke with Base Operations, a social startup that lets you navigate through a ‘security heat map’ of six Latin American cities, about the potentials and challenges of improving street safety in the digital age.