Ring introduced the “Request for Assistance” tool in the neighbors app in 2021, as an alternative to private messages, giving police a way to publicly ask users to voluntarily turn over video footage.

Ring, the video doorbell company, will no longer facilitate law enforcement requests for users' footage, the company said Wednesday, shutting down a tool that critics have said threatens people's ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley law enforcement leaders are weighing in on a new policy denying law enforcement access to Ring video through the company's app. "The efficiency and effectiveness ...

Police may have just lost a valuable resource: the Ring doorbell. Ring, the doorbell camera service owned by Amazon, will no longer allow police to request footage from users. Often criticized because ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a ...

According to Ring, the “Request for Assistance” tool on the Neighbors app, launched in 2017, will no longer work for those with the popular doorbell cameras. “Public safety agencies like fire and ...

Ring will no longer allow police to request video from users through its app, forcing law enforcement through a more arduous process. Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, will stop letting police ...

Ring has killed the last remnants of a controversial program that allowed public safety agencies to request video recordings from Ring users via the Neighbors app. In a press release, Ring announced ...