automated police scanner audio collection, analysis and presentation to empower community leaders
created for The Opioid Hackathon 2018
For county public health officials, knowing when abnormally high rates of overdoses take place can save lives. Using audio feeds publicly available on broadcastify.com, columbo helps provide near real-time information to those who need it most.
git clone https://github.com/HarryBrisson/columbo.git
cd columbo
bash initialize.sh
This particular version requires aws credentials to store data in a columbo-scanner-data bucket.
python3
from scan import *
surf_scanners('los angeles')