Amazon’s Ring offered a footage request system to more than 400 law enforcement agencies

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Amazon’s Ring security service has partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the United States, the company disclosed today in a blog post.

In the post, Ring said that it had created an extension of its Neighbors app, called the Neighbors Portal, which police can use to submit a request for video recordings related to investigations, or to make public announcements as “a verified law enforcement officer.”

“We share updates when new law enforcement agencies join Neighbors through the app, social media and local press, but our users have asked for an additional way to search this information,” the blog post reads. The company also released an interactive map that lists the partnerships,…

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