About Angel Alert
A tool by the community, for the community.
Angel Alert was created as a grassroots response to ongoing police harassment, sweeps, and profiling that continue to impact unhoused people, street vendors, BIPOC youth, queer and trans folks, and other vulnerable members of our neighborhoods.
We believe in community defense.
We believe in harm reduction.
And we believe in witnessing as a form of protection.
Why Angel Alert Exists
Too often, sex workers and people in the erotic community experience injustice in broad daylight or in the dark of night — no one sees, no one knows, and nothing changes. Angel Alert makes it easy to report what you see or experienced first-hand anonymously, creating a shared source of visibility and safety.
This tool was inspired by community watch efforts. It isn’t for calling the police. It’s for reducing harm, creating real-time awareness, and letting people take action on their own terms.
How It Works
1. You experience or witness something; say something.
If law enforcement or a member of the public is interacting with someone in our community; detaining, arresting, or harassing them – or it’s happened to you.
2. You submit a report.
It takes less than a minute. No name, no login — just location, time, and what happened.
3. The report appears on the map.
Once submitted, it gets added to the live Angel Alert map, helping sex workers and the erotic community to avoid danger or show up looking for the disappeared.
What It’s Not
Angel Alert is not a replacement for emergency or legal services. It’s not for spreading rumors or speculation. It is not a vigilante tool or a space for retaliation.
This is a resource for awareness, harm reduction, and community care — built on trust and shared responsibility for the erotic community.
Who’s Behind It
Angel Alert is a grassroots, volunteer-run project sponsored by the Erotic Service Providers Legal Education and Research Project (esplerg.org). We are members of the erotic community — people who care and are tired of seeing injustice go untracked and unchallenged.
We are workers of all types, sex workers, clients of sex workers, erotic community members, activists, neighbors, educators, street medics, artists – and you.
