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In the Minneapolis suburb of Coon Rapids, a thief stole a 7 foot, 150 pound bald eagle carving from Larry Eklund's yard earlier this year. Police had a key piece of evidence: an image of the suspect looking directly into Eklund's doorbell camera. A few days went by with no leads. 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.