CNET, an online news site covering tech, culture and science, had an article in June that discussed a post by Houston Police Online Cigarettes Store USA and a Ring doorbell camera giveaway that the department posted on NextDoor, another social network for neighborhoods. Among the requirements to win a free Ring doorbell camera, were signing up for the Ring video recording plan for $30 a year or $3 a month and allowing "HPD to access the cameras when a crime occurs when we request it."
According to the CNET article, "Ring said that it doesn't support this model and that it was reaching out to police partners to make Newport Pleasure sure this wasn't a requirement for Ring giveaways."
Livonia Police was giving away Ring doorbell cameras monthly while supplies lasted. Some other departments in the region said they do not participate in such giveaways.
The Free Press asked Ring that, if deemed necessary, can law enforcement obtain video they believe Ring may have from an user for an investigation.
"Ring will not disclose user videos to law enforcement unless the user expressly consents or if disclosure is required by law, Newport 100s Box such as to comply with a warrant," Ring said in a statement. "Ring objects to overbroad or otherwise inappropriate legal demands as a matter of course."