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Help in one tap. Even when you can't talk.
The Malabar Patrols SOS app sends your exact location to the patrol and calls the nearest responder on duty. Free for every Malabar resident.
Tap or hold: you choose
Tap SOS: the alert goes at once
Your name, address and GPS location go to the Malabar Patrols WhatsApp group and the nearest responder on duty is called. Nothing to type, nothing to wait for.
Hold SOS: add your voice
Keep your finger on the button. A ring goes around it for 2 seconds, then it records. Say what is happening; let go to send. The voice note goes to the patrol group and to the responders as a WhatsApp voice note.
Say what it is
Pick a tab: crime in progress, break-in, medical, fire, domestic violence, suspicious vehicle (add the registration) or person, accident. Responders see it straight away.
See who is coming
The responder's name, vehicle, distance and live position on the map, with a call button and chat. Cancel if it was a mistake.
Install in a minute
Get the app on your phone
The app runs from your phone's browser and installs on your home screen like any other app. No app store needed.
Android (Chrome)
- Open malabarpatrols.co.za/app in Chrome.
- Tap Install when asked, or the ⋮ menu > Add to Home screen.
- Open it from your home screen.
iPhone (Safari)
- Open malabarpatrols.co.za/app in Safari.
- Tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
- Open it from your home screen and allow notifications.
First time
- Tap Sign up with WhatsApp, type your name in the message that opens, and send it.
- Tap the sign-in link we send back (or go back to the app: it carries on by itself).
- The app fills in your home address from your location: check it and confirm. Then add the app to your home screen.
- Allow location (used only when you press SOS) and the microphone (only while you hold the button).
No smartphone, or no data?
WhatsApp SOS to 075 798 4386. Our WhatsApp desk raises an alert to the responders at once, then asks for your location. It answers day and night.
Your privacy
- Your location is taken only when you press SOS, and while that emergency is open.
- The microphone records only while you hold the button.
- Your phone number is never posted in the WhatsApp group.
- Download or delete your data from the app's My data menu at any time (POPIA). Privacy notice.