Find the relevant people.
Location-relevant requests invite potential witnesses and media holders to contribute, even when the person seeking information does not know them.
Digital canvassing for public safety
Find the witnesses.
Bring the information together.
We-Watch is a Canadian-developed digital canvassing platform designed to connect incidents with relevant witnesses and gather accounts, photos and video for victim and police follow-up.
Now exploring deployments and partnerships. Platform restoration and validation are required before a new deployment.
COMMUNITY INFORMATION NETWORKILLUSTRATION
A relevant requestReach potential contributors around an incident.One incident. Information together.CONNECTED
Witness accountsPhotosVideo
The information gap
An incident happens.
The pieces are scattered.
A witness passes by. A shop camera records it. A neighbour sees something. Connecting those pieces takes time and effort.
Make contributing easier.
Give victims and witnesses a structured way to share what they observed, with photographs and video associated with the incident.
Keep the incident together.
Bring contributions into one report so useful information can support follow-up by victims and police.
How We-Watch works
From a reported incident
to a community request.
01 / REPORT
Capture what happened.
A victim or witness records the incident’s type, time and location, with an account and available media.
02 / REVIEW
Review before outreach.
A moderator reviews the submission before an approved incident prompts requests to relevant participants.
03 / CONTRIBUTE
Invite useful information.
Notified participants can contribute observations, photos or video linked to that incident.
04 / FOLLOW UP
Bring the pieces together.
The incident report organizes contributions for victim and police follow-up.
Matching, access and delivery arrangements are confirmed for each deployment. We-Watch is not an emergency dispatch service.
For the people responsible
A practical role in
your safety programme.
A shared reporting approach.
Help member businesses contribute to a common incident record and develop a clearer picture of reported concerns.
For communitiesA more focused request.
Explore a structured route to potential witnesses and recordings, with an agreed process for review and delivery.
For public safetyA platform to take further.
Explore technology licensing, commercialization partnerships, acquisition or an IP transaction.
For strategic partnersA real community starting point
Developed with lessons
from West Queen West.
A Toronto business district pilot put We-Watch in front of local businesses and generated real participation.
Read the pilot story ↗159Unique accounts reported
30Qualified incident reports
Company-reported activity in the West Queen West BIA pilot summary, 18 March 2024. These figures describe participation, not measured crime reduction or investigative outcomes.
Build a better way to gather incident information.
Tell us about your community, your current process and the outcome you need.