The Department of Public Safety is pleased to share that we have launched a new feature, known as the "Social Escape" on the Humber Guardian App. The Social Escape feature allows users to get out of a difficult/potentially dangerous social situation by calling them and giving them an excuse to leave. Here's how it works:

• Users will open the Humber Guardian app and choose the Social Escape button.
• Users will enter their information (phone number) and indicate when they want the system to call them (e.g. 30 seconds).
• The app will then call them from 888-519-4933 within the specified amount of time. Users can save this number in the phone as their desired name to be shown on the screen, when called. 
• Users will then tell the people in their social situation that they need to answer the call and exit the social situation. Users should continue walking until they are safe. The system will play the audio message multiple times to give users enough time to leave.

View a quick video on the feature

If you would like more information please reach out to Public Safety at publicsafety@humber.ca.