Flock, Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada CEOs skipped a 23 September Senate hearing on cameras that log plates people cannot opt out of
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On 18 September 2026, Senator Josh Hawley invited four chief executives to a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing titled “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network,” set for 23 September.
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The invitees were Garrett Langley of Flock Safety, Rick Smith of Axon Enterprise, Greg Brown of Motorola Solutions, and Filip Kaliszan of Verkada.
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None of the four CEOs appeared at the hearing.
None appeared.
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Roll Call reported that a Verkada spokesperson said the CEO could not attend and that the firm was sending written material, and that no national Verkada network exists — a company statement, not an audit of the other three.
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Each customer owns the plate reads from its cameras.
Flock’s own June 2025 statement says each customer owns the plate reads from its cameras, a system administrator can share that data with other agencies, and National Lookup lets opted-in departments search one full plate across the shared set.
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Flock’s stated default hold was 30 days.
Flock’s stated default hold was 30 days.
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The contact point is the car, not a login.
The contact point is the car, not a login.
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Lindsey Isaacs told the 23 September hearing she was wrongly accused in a Florida fatal crash from a photo of her car taken far from the scene.
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A plate cannot be rotated like a password.
A plate cannot be rotated like a password.
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Hawley’s office put Flock at 120,000 AI‑powered cameras.
Hawley’s office put Flock at 120,000 AI‑powered cameras.
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Axon sells body cameras and evidence software to police.
Axon sells body cameras and evidence software to police.
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Motorola Solutions sells public‑safety radios and video.
Motorola Solutions sells public‑safety radios and video.
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Verkada sells building cameras and its spokesperson says they stay inside each customer’s system.
Verkada sells building cameras its spokesperson says stay inside each customer’s system.
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Those are four products, not one pipe.
Those are four products, not one pipe.
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The hearing went ahead with experts and Isaacs, not the people who sell the gear.
The hearing went ahead with experts and Isaacs, not the people who sell the gear.
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No federal statute sets a retention cap or a warrant rule for a private plate network a city rents.
No federal statute sets a retention cap or a warrant rule for a private plate network a city rents.
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The invitation and the Roll Call account of who sat out are the public record.
The invitation and the Roll Call account of who sat out are the public record.
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A city contract is the control still on the table: who may search, for how many days, and whether National Lookup is switched on.
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