NEW YORK CITY — The NYPD this week will gain access to video, photos and messages posted to Amazon’s home surveillance app through a new partnership with the company Ring, officials announced Wednesday.

New York City’s police force joins more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide who have signed up for access to Neighbors — an app that allows users, with or without Ring doorbell-cameras, to post hyperlocal safety alerts — since the program launched in 2018, according to the NYPD and information on Ring’s website.

“True public safety is a shared responsibility,” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a statement. “This tool stands to further advance the collective work of our police and all the people we serve toward reaching that worthy ideal.”