"Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature. If you'll recall, Ring revealed back in October 2025 that it was entering a partnership with the surveillance company, which would make it possible for law enforcement to ask smart doorbell owners for videos captured by their devices."
"Under the partnership, law enforcement agencies using Flock's Nova platform or FlockOS would have been able to use Ring's Community Requests to ask for doorbell videos from users. They would have been asked to specify the location and timeframe of the incident, as well as provide a unique investigation code and the details about what is being investigated. Their requests would then be forwarded to relevant users."
Ring canceled its partnership with Flock Safety after backlash linked to a Super Bowl ad promoting its Search Party feature. The partnership, announced in October 2025, would have enabled law enforcement using Flock's Nova platform or FlockOS to send Community Requests via Ring to request doorbell video from users. Requests would require a location, timeframe, a unique investigation code, and investigation details, then be forwarded to relevant users who could choose to share footage. Ring said the planned integration required significantly more time and resources than anticipated and described the decision as mutual. Ring stated no customer footage was ever sent to Flock. Ring had shared footage with police 11 times previously but said in 2024 it would stop sharing without a warrant.
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