WASHINGTON — Ring is expanding the reach of its Community Requests feature through a new collaboration with public safety software firm Flock Safety, the Amazon-owned home security company announced.

California law enforcement will not be able to access your Ring home security footage as easily after a change in the company’s policy and public safety agreement. Beginning in February, Ring, a home ...

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.

The new tool, Community Requests, closely resembles a controversial program canceled in 2024 Local police departments can quickly ask Ring security camera owners in a particular neighborhood for ...