Life imitates Idiocracy.
Posted on 07/27/2019 3:46:19 PM PDT by simpson96
Amazon has struck up deals with local police departments to encourage people to buy its Ring security products in exchange for free Ring video doorbells and access to a special police-focused Ring portal.
According to Motherboard, which saw a copy of the agreement between Amazon-owned Ring and the Lakehead, Florida police department, Ring requires police to advertise its products within their communities. In addition to free Ring tech, police departments get access to a portal that allows them to request Ring-recorded footage directly from community members.
Motherboard obtained details of a memorandum of understanding and emails between Ring and the Lakeland, Florida police department. The agreement states that police should “Engage the Lakeland community with outreach efforts on the platform to encourage adoption of the platform/app.”
Police are supposed to encourage their communities to download the Neighbors app, which gives users get real-time crime and safety alerts from neighbors and law enforcement. The more residents who download the app, the more credit goes towards the police department in the form of free Ring cameras.
As more people install Ring cameras, there’s more surveillance going on in neighborhoods, creating a wide-network surveillance system the police could use if ever needed.
The agreement gives local police access to Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal” which is an interactive map showing all of the Ring doorbells on a given block. According to the report, police can use the portal at their discretion to interact with Ring doorbell owners and informally request footage for an investigation.
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Before long, police uniforms will have product sponsor packages, and police cars will look like NASCAR billboards.
Certainly not on the Neighborhood app.
Because all of our videos should be net to a Chinese IP address.
net = sent
Sorry
As a former long time resident of Lakeland, FL I have no trouble believing this. The whole local government is inbred and corrupt. The city police dept has a well deserved crappy reputation.
Who would have thought the drift to fascism in the USA would be led by COMMIES..?
Here everyone has ring. All they do is give you a pic of who did it. But then the cops do nothing so they’re useless.
Money better spent on a gun.
Having video of the people who beat you or killed you is not self defense.
What if the perps don’t play nice and use the front door?
Next Up: ‘Police Criticized for Slow Response to Victims Who Are Not Amazon Prime Members’
And you can be arrested if you buy something from an Amazon competitor.
I’ve often said that Idiocracy was not a funny movie, it was a documentary that is coming to life faster everyday.
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