Morristown Police Joins Ring. What It Means For You

MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown Bureau of Police has partnered with the Ring Camera Neighbors Portal to monitor videos that are shared by residents.

According to authorities, it will allow them to reach out to those who have Ring camera systems when an incident takes place in the area.

The Neighbors App by Ring is a free app designed to help community members connect and stay informed about what’s going on around them – whether they own a Ring device or not, officials said. Local police uses Neighbors to share important crime and safety information with residents, and work with their communities to make neighborhoods safer. Morristown Police assured residents there is a specific process for using the Neighbors App Portal.

The Morristown Police assured that the privacy of residents will not be violated.

"First of all, we have no access to your camera or devices through the Ring or Neighbors App. The portal does not provide us with your address unless you expressly consent to providing us that information," the police said. "Finally, we will see you identified only as a neighbor, the exact same way that everyone else will see your information. We don’t receive any additional information about your identity, location, or your post unless you decide to share that with us. We are only accessing the videos that you decide to publicly share on the system, nothing more."

Authorities said if an incident takes place in the neighborhood, they may send out a request through the Ring app to see if a camera captured anything that can help in the investigation.

"When we send out that request, you have absolute control over what you decide to do. You can ignore it, opt out of future requests, or share a video that you feel may be helpful," police said. "We can’t see how many people received a request and have no way of knowing what decisions were made by those that did receive the request."

Those with questions can contact Detective Scott Pino at 973-292-6645 or Detective Jim Green at 973-292-6643.

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