Month: October 2025

PolicyTechnology

Amazon’s Ring Expands Police Surveillance Partnerships Despite Previous Privacy Reversal

Amazon’s Ring division has partnered with police technology companies Flock Safety and Axon to expand law enforcement access to doorbell camera footage. The partnerships come less than two years after Ring removed similar police request features, raising questions about the company’s surveillance direction and user privacy protections.

Ring’s Surveillance Partnerships Expand Police Access

Amazon’s Ring division has entered into partnerships with two police technology companies that will facilitate law enforcement requests for doorbell camera footage, according to reports. The company announced partnerships with Flock Safety and Axon Enterprise, marking a significant expansion of its Community Requests feature in the Ring Neighbors app despite having removed similar police request capabilities less than two years earlier.

by Elijah Porter