Neighborhood camera linking system

A system comprising:

• a plurality of security systems networked together by a server geographically remote from at least one of the plurality of security systems;
• a respective camera linked to each of the plurality of security systems;
• a respective transceiver of each of the plurality of security systems;
• a respective programmable processor of each of the plurality of security systems;
• and
• respective executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium of each of the plurality of security systems,
• wherein the respective transceiver of each of the plurality of security systems is coupled to the respective camera of a respective one of the plurality of security systems,
• wherein each of the plurality of security systems protects a respective building,
• wherein the respective camera of each of the plurality of security systems is assigned a respective sharing criteria via a respective first user input,
• wherein the respective sharing criteria indicates a respective proactive election to share respective access or not share the respective access with each of the plurality of security systems not linked to the respective camera of a linked one of the plurality of security systems and/or share the respective access or not share the respective access with local law enforcement,
• wherein the respective programmable processor and the respective executable control software of each of the plurality of security systems store the respective sharing criteria assigned to the respective camera of each of the plurality of security systems in a memory of the server,
• wherein the respective programmable processor and the respective executable control software of a first one of the plurality of security systems receive, via the respective transceiver of the first one of the plurality of security systems, a first signal indicative of an alarm event detected by the first one of the plurality of security systems, and responsive thereto, send, via the respective transceiver of the first one of the plurality of security systems, a report of the alarm event to the server,
• wherein, responsive to receiving the report of the alarm event, the server queries the memory of the server to identify a group of cameras that includes the respective camera of the first one of the plurality of security systems and the respective camera of each of the plurality of security systems for which the respective sharing criteria indicates the respective proactive election to share the respective access with the first one of the plurality of security systems, and
• wherein, responsive to identifying the group of cameras, the server instructs each of the group of cameras to record a respective video of a respective public area proximate the respective building protected by a respective one of the plurality of security systems.