Los Angeles Police Department detectives investigating crimes that occurred during last summer’s large protests over police abuses asked business and home owners to hand over video footage recorded by their Amazon Ring security cameras, LAPD records show. AdvertisementThe refusal of the LAPD and Ring representatives to provide details on which days and areas of the city detectives sought video footage raised further concerns, the EFF said. AdvertisementRing officials said police agencies can submit requests for footage to the company, which then sends the requests to camera owners who might have footage helpful to the police. Ring would not provide the specific parameters of the LAPD request. A Ring spokesperson said the company’s policy “expressly prohibits” police from making requests for video of lawful activity such as protests.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2021 03:33 UTC