MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has joined the Neighbors app.

  • Neighbors is a mobile app that provides community crime, info
  • Manatee Sheriff's Office will use app to keep residents updated
  • Neighbors is offered by Ring, which is owned by Amazon

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has joined the Neighbors app to provide real-time, local crime and safety information to residents.

Neighbors is a free mobile app by Ring that connects users to crime and safety alerts in their area. Users can monitor crime-related activity and provide feedback and updates to any alerts nearby.

Users can also share photos, videos and text messages to the safety alerts to viewed by law enforcement.

Ring, a home monitoring service, is owned by Amazon.

To learn more about the Neighbors app, visit Ring's website.