Ring ends partnership with Flock Safety over police surveillance ties
Ring ends partnership with Flock Safety just a few months after announcing a deal that would have let police use Flock’s investigative platform to get doorbell footage. On February 12, 2026, the Amazon-owned company confirmed that they did not enable the integration and shared no customer videos.
The partnership, which was announced in October 2025, was purposed to link Ring’s Community Requests feature with Flock Safety’s Nova platform and FlockOS. The proposed system would allow Flock-using police departments to send Ring users in certain areas detailed requests with location, time, and investigation codes.
Ring ends its partnership with Flock Safety, a police surveillance technology company, due to resource constraints and public backlash over privacy concerns. The partnership, which was intended to allow police to request doorbell footage from Ring users, was never implemented. Flock Safety's controversial history with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Ring's controversial Search Party ad contributed to the decision. For Ring users, this means no footage has been shared with Flock Safety, and the company remains in business with Axon. The cancellation highlights the tension between consumer benefits and privacy concerns in surveillance technology.
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