Amazon has canceled a planned integration between Ring doorbell cameras and police surveillance company Flock Safety, after the partnership was announced but never rolled out to customers. The proposal would have expanded how Ring users could share video in response to law-enforcement requests through the Community Requests program.
The decision follows renewed scrutiny of consumer camera networks and how they can be repurposed for broader tracking, especially when combined with technologies like license plate readers and facial recognition. Critics argued the same tools that help find lost pets can also enable surveillance of people who never opted in.
Flock Safety, which operates a large network of automated license plate reader cameras used by law enforcement, has published its own statement on the canceled integration. Amazon’s Ring still supports video-sharing workflows through its existing Community Requests process.
