Ring gave cops free cameras to build and promote surveillance network
Emails obtained by the LA Times through a public records request reveal Ring employees encouraging LAPD officers to “spread the word about how this doorbell is proven to reduce crime in neighborhoods” and offering freebies and discounts.
“Ring and its relationship with police departments, including the LAPD, is but one example of a burgeoning problem in which there is a lack of clarity as to where the public sector ends and private surveillance capitalism begins,” Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Southern California, told Ars.
Source: Ring gave cops free cameras to build and promote surveillance network | Ars Technica
