The Wichita Police Department has joined a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide partnering with Amazon-owned doorbell camera company Ring in an effort to make neighborhoods safer.
Lt. Patrick Leon said Thursday that the department’s involvement with Ring began in February. But starting in September, Ring , based on information it receives from its customers, will able to send alerts to the police department’s community policing officers notifying them of crimes in Wichita neighborhoods.
The officers will then be able to ask Ring to contact subscribers to the company’s video-recording service to request copies of any footage that doorbell cameras may have captured of an event.
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