Project - 2025

Check-In.
Community safety,
reimagined.

Year 2025 - Present
Role Co-Founder
Domain Community Safety · AI

Check-In is an all-in-one community safety platform that connects residents, moderators, and security companies together - ensuring neighbourhoods stay informed, coordinated, and safe in real time. What started as a coordination problem in one neighbourhood grew into a platform serving 10,000+ users across Toronto and Halton Region.

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React MongoDB Firebase Claude API GPT-4 Real-time
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How it started

Our neighbourhood already had a security guard - a strong foundation. But as the community grew, coordination issues started to surface: missed messages, response delays, and unclear visibility into what was actually happening on the ground.

The tools people were using - group chats, phone calls, manual check-ins - weren't built for this. There was no central place to see what was going on, no structured way for the moderator to communicate with residents, and no way for the security company to stay looped in.

Check-In was built to solve exactly that - a purpose-built platform that brings everyone into one place.

02

Three groups, three problems

Crime is rising, yet communities lack a unified, community-driven platform for real-time communication and geographic crime visibility. Check-In fills that gap.

Residents

No easy way to flag concerns or get visual updates when something feels off in the neighbourhood.

Moderators

Without structured communication, moderators struggle to monitor conversations - leading to false alarms and duplicated efforts.

Security Companies

Lack of direct resident communication channels and payment collection issues hinder their ability to deliver their best service.

03

What Check-In does

Check-In is designed to bridge residents, security providers, and law enforcement - each getting their own tailored variation of the product.

Real-Time Map Pinging

Any community member can drop a pin on the map, attach an image, and add a brief description of suspicious activity witnessed in the neighbourhood.

Organized Group Chat

An efficient messaging system that lets members communicate with each other and allows the moderator to broadcast updates about active concerns.

AI-Powered Analysis

Our AI system - powered by Claude and GPT-4 - analyzes community data and delivers a weekly report on suspicious activity trends in the neighbourhood.

Customized by Role

Residents, security providers, and law enforcement each get their own tailored interface - purpose-built for how they actually interact with the platform.

04

Growth since launch

10k+ Users across Toronto & Halton Region
$750+ In grants received
40% Reduction in dev cycle time via AI workflows

Partners

Halton Crime Stoppers · directly partnered with Halton Regional Police Service
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Interested in Check-In?

Whether you're a crime prevention organization, a security guard company, or just someone who wants to learn more about what we're building - we'd love to hear from you.

Email team@thecheckin.ca