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> The homeowner's permission is completely useless since there are likely other homeowners in the area that will agree.

Why does an "agree" "overwrite" a "disagree" and not the other way round?

Well, in this specific context it is because the police's request is not for the neighbor to provide access to the other's Ring camera footage, it is a request to provide access to that individual's own Ring camera footage. An unfortunately side effect is that both Ring cameras, owned by two separate homeowners, may be pointing in a similar enough direction to still see whatever it is that the police wants to see. Then the whole 'agreement' process is kind of moot.

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