Instructions for a "Hey Siri I'm Being Stopped" shortcut for iOS

ImBeingStopped.rtf

Hey Siri “I’m Being Stopped”
Instructions to setup iOS Siri Shortcut

1.	Make sure your iPhone has the Shortcuts app installed
	⁃	https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shortcuts/id915249334
2.	Make sure the person you want to notify is saved as a contact on your phone, using their cell number, and they can receive MMS (i.e. video via text message)
3.	Open the Shortcuts app and tap “Create Shortcut”
4.	Tap the blue circle (with three dots) to the right of “New Shortcut” to rename the Shortcut to whatever you wish your Siri command to be. For this example, we’ll use “I’m being stopped”. Tap “Done”
5.	Our Message Action:
	⁃	Tap “Add Action”
	⁃	Tap the purple “Sharing” icon in the second row
	⁃	Tap “Send Message”
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview, where you’ll see the Messages action, with blue text in it.
	⁃	Tap the blue “Message” text and add a message. For our example, we’ll use “I’m being stopped by the police. This is my current location. Video in progress.”
	⁃	Tap the blue “Recipients” text and then the blue plus sign to select your recipient(s) from your Contacts.
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview.
	⁃	Tap “Show More”
	⁃	Turn off “Show when run”.
6.	Our Location Action:
	⁃	Tap “Add Action” (the blue circle with a plus in it)
	⁃	If the “Message” section is still open, click the gray x at the right to close it.
	⁃	Tap the blue “Location” icon in the second row
	⁃	Tap “Get Current Location”
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview
	⁃	Tap “Add Action” (the blue circle with a plus in it)
	⁃	If the “Location” section is still open, click the gray x at the right to close it.
	⁃	Tap the purple “Sharing” icon in the second row
	⁃	Tap “Send Message”
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview, with the Current Location defined as the content of the message.
	⁃	Tap the blue “Recipients” text and then the blue plus sign to select your recipient(s) from your Contacts. Make sure they are the same recipient(s) as the prior action.
	⁃	Tap “Done” in the top right. This brings you back to the Shortcut overview.
	⁃	Tap “Show More”
	⁃	Turn off “Show when run”.
7.	Our Recording Action:
	⁃	Tap “Add Action” (the blue circle with a plus in it)
	⁃	Tap the multicolored “Apps” icon in the first row
	⁃	Tap the “Camera” app
	⁃	Tap “Take Video”
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview
	⁃	You may tap the blue “Back” text to change the camera to front or back. Whichever is more likely you will be able to record with. Do not choose “Ask Each Time”.
	⁃	Tap “Show More” and set the Quality to “High”, and the Start Recording to “Immediately”
	⁃	Tap “Add Action” (the blue circle with a plus in it)
	⁃	If the “Camera” section is still open, click the gray x at the right to close it.
	⁃	If the “Apps” section is still open, click the gray x at the right to close it.
	⁃	Tap the purple “Sharing” icon in the second row
	⁃	Tap “Send Message”
	⁃	This brings you back to the Shortcut overview, with Video defined as the content of the message.
	⁃	Tap the blue “Recipients” text and then the blue plus sign to select your recipient(s) from your Contacts. Make sure they are the same recipient(s) as the prior action.
8.	Our Saving Action:
	⁃	Tap “Add Action” (the blue circle with a plus in it)
	⁃	Tap the multicolored “Apps” icon in the first row
	⁃	Tap the “Photos” app
	⁃	Tap “Save to Photo Album”
	⁃	You can tap the blue “Recents” text to select a different Album
	⁃	Tap “Done” in top right corner.
9.	Testing:
	⁃	Step one in testing is to contact your Recipients and inform them that you’re just testing this Shortcut. No need to alarm anyone while we’re setting it up.
	⁃	Using either the Siri voice command “Hey Siri, I’m being stopped” or tapping the shortcut shown under the “My Shortcuts” heading, begin your Actions.
	⁃	When you see the video begin recording, say a short message reminding the recipients that this is only a test and all is fine.
	⁃	Tap the “Stop” button to end the video.
	⁃	Tap “Use Video”.
	⁃	This will prepopulate the video in a text message
	⁃	Tap the icon to send the video