The partnership comes just days after a letter revealed that government agencies, including parts of ICE, had access to Flock’s network of cameras.
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Amazon-owned home security company Ring has partnered with Flock Safety, a company whose network of AI-assisted cameras is used by thousands of law enforcement agencies across the US—just weeks after announcing a similar tie-up with security firm Axon Enterprise.
The partnership will allow Ring camera owners to share footage that can assist in criminal investigations via Ring’s Neighbors app, making the video available to law enforcement agencies that use Flock’s software. The new Community Requests feature allows Ring owners to share information with authorities when a crime has been reported in the area and shared with Ring via the FlockOS and Flock Nova applications. Ring says that police requests must include a specific location and timeframe for the incident in question, as well as details about what is being investigated.
