The private sector supplies the instruments and a compliant narrative. Amazon’s Ring panels and doorbell cameras have signed video sharing partnerships with hundreds of police departments. Home surveillance enters public policing not through law but through voluntary uploads, requests and corporate APIs. The idea of neighbourhood safety is reshaped so that private cameras become auxiliary arms of the state. Residents are solicited to trade footage and privacy for a promise of reduced crime. The promise is hollow if the footage expands state reach and is used selectively. The company’s business model profits from turning private property into node of a public surveillance web.