I guess that's not so much "inadvertent influencer" as it is "protagonist in a Philip K. Dick novel. " A private company, "shooting" footage using consumer products, is pitching Ring to your friends and neighbors with possibly one of your friends and neighbors. FIRST ONE TO CALL THE COPS WINS. "Our township is now entirely covered by cameras," said Captain Vincent Kerney, detective bureau commander of the Bloomfield Police Department. "Every area of town we have, there are some Ring cameras. "Or not. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO CALL THE COPS. Amazon is way ahead of you. Some police departments do more than just ask. Police in Indiana, New Jersey, California and other states have offered discounts for Ring cameras, sometimes up to $125.