Both Flock Safety and Ring have worked with law enforcement, and the latter's relationships with hundreds of police departments across the country, in particular, has drawn scrutiny from civil liberties groups and others. Advances in surveillance technology have spurred an ongoing debate over privacy and security, and whether individual trade-offs are justified in the name of public safety. Flock and Ring sell consumers on the idea that their products have the power to not only catch criminals, but also deter them from offending in the first place.
In a 2015 pilot program with the Los Angeles Police Department, Ring said the presence of its cameras reduced burglaries in neighborhoods by as much as 55 percent, a figure that has been disputed.
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“It’s in the interest of the jurisdiction and the manufacturer to advance the notion that this is the latest and most sophisticated technology,” says Elias Silverman, professor emeritus at John Jay School of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. “One needs to take these advances with a grain of salt and acknowledge they nee ..
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