San Francisco Mayor Wants PD To Be Able To Commandeer Cameras Owned By Residents Because Reasons
29 July 2022
29 July 2022
Ring has been bedding down as many law enforcement partners as possible, turning cops into brand evangelists with the implicit (and sometimes, explicit) promise they’ll have access to private citizens’ recordings. Ring likes this because it increases its market share. Cops like it because it gives them more camera coverage in the areas they patrol, at least theoretically. Ring may allow cops to obtain footage without warrants or notification of affected users, but no city has expressly converted private citizens’ cameras into public utilities accessible with warrants or permission. Until now. Having dumped its “progressive” District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, the ...
San Francisco Mayor Wants PD To Be Able To Commandeer Cameras Owned By Residents Because Reasons
Ring has been bedding down as many law enforcement partners as possible, turning cops into brand evangelists with the implicit (and sometimes, explicit) promise they’ll have access to private…
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