Ring Joins National Night Out, Local Police in Crime Reduction Awareness Effort

Ring is working with community-building campaign National Night Out to connect neighborhoods and local police departments in a crime reduction effort using the Neighbors app, said the company Wednesday. The neighborhood watch app provides real-time local crime and safety information, said Ring, noting some U.S. police and sheriff’s departments are joining the network to share information with their communities. A Ring survey showed 75 percent of homeowners said neighborhood crime is a problem, 45 percent have a neighborhood watch and 30 percent reported someone in their neighborhood had been a home burglary victim in the past year, with average value of stolen goods $2,000. National Night Out in the U.S. will be Aug. 7.