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Podcast: This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro
Episode: Akron Expands Free RING Doorbell Cam Program
Description: All Akron residents can now apply to receive a free Amazon RING doorbell security camera, as part of the city's ongoing effort to increase neighborhood security.
What started as a pilot program in three of the city's ten wards last year, has now expanded outside of just wards 3, 4, ad 5.
City officials are using federal American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds to buy the cameras, and have allotted 300 per ward. This is in addition to the 400 originally given out to residents in four particularly high crime areas last year.
Now, in order to fight crime, the free cameras come with some strings...