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flag A San Francisco app tracking parking cops' movements sparked debate over data use, safety, and transparency.

flag A 23-year-old San Francisco developer, Riley Walz, created a viral app called Find My Parking Cops that used publicly available citation data to track the real-time movements and ticketing activity of city parking enforcement officers. flag By reverse-engineering ticket number patterns, the app mapped officers’ routes and displayed fine totals on a map, including a leaderboard of top officers. flag It gained over 50,000 views in its first day, sparking debate over transparency, public data use, and officer safety. flag The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) quickly disabled the data feed, citing concerns for staff safety and privacy, and stated that all data access must go through authorized channels. flag The app highlighted the high volume of parking citations issued annually in the city, raising broader questions about accountability and government oversight.

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