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 Hill) — Police and fire departments will no longer be able to request users’ doorbell video footage from the Amazon-owned Ring, the company announced. Ring said in a blog post Wednesday that it ...

NEW YORK — Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users, marking an end to a feature that has drawn criticism from privacy advocates. In a blog ...