Ring Partners with Flock to Enable Law Enforcement Access to Doorbell Camera Footage
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Amazon's Ring surveillance camera division has partnered with Flock, a company that provides AI-powered surveillance cameras to law enforcement agencies including ICE and federal authorities. The partnership allows agencies using Flock's license plate scanning and AI video analysis technology to request footage from Ring doorbell users for evidence collection and investigative purposes.
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Now agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with 'evidence collection and investigative work.'
Flock cameras work by scanning the license plates and other identifying information about cars they see.
Flock's government and police customers can also make natural language searches of their video footage to find people who match specific descriptions.
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
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