Mayday released
August 26th, 2008
Mayday is an app that gives you non-emergency police phone numbers in the US. While it has the options to call 911 and the highway patrol, it comes with some 15,000 phone numbers of police stations around the country. For most of them, you can get directions to the stations as well.
It’s designed mostly for your convenient when you’re on the road, because 911 is not always the best choice. However, it should be noted that this app should only be used in non-emergency cases, and in all life-threatening situations, you should dial 911.
The best thing is this app does not require internet access to get to the information, and even if you don’t have GPS, you can enter your zipcode and it’ll work as well. When you do have GPS data, it’ll automatically locate you and find the nearest police stations. I understand the frustration of slow internet search, and this was definitely a top priority in the product design process,
You can read it up more about it here.



















