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Then officers posted the video on social media. Hours later, the carving was returned. "If we wouldn't have had the Ring, we would have never been able to recognize the guy," Eklund said. "I'm sure it would've been just really hard to get it back. "But Coon Rapids opted not to partner with Ring and instead started its own in house volunteer camera registry. Trish Heitman, a community outreach specialist for the police department, said the city did not want to promote a particular camera brand. Another big issue was confidentiality. Coon Rapids keeps its list of registered camera owners private. If a crime occurs near a camera, police can contact homeowners in the registry to see if they want to share video. If any partnership required data sharing, "we would never do it," Heitman said. Back in Wolcott, Ernie Field won a free Ring camera and said he had to register for the app to qualify for the raffle.