> it allows police departments to avoid the cost of buying surveillance equipment and to put that burden onto consumers As-if we're not paying for it anyway th

> it allows police departments to avoid the cost of buying surveillance equipment and to put that burden onto consumers As-if we're not paying for it anyway through our taxes? > ensure active resident participation in the process Seems like this requires participation of the residents? The existing Amazon/Ring partnership sure does, and, I don't see how (with Amazon/Ring not being directly involved) this could work without the resident agreeing to share the footage? > This is not a drill. Red alert: Ugh, this kind of hyperbole doesn't help anything.