Hawley Calls Surveillance Camera CEOs to Senate Hearing
Hawley Calls Surveillance Camera CEOs to Senate Hearing
The News
Sen. Josh Hawley is summoning the heads of the country's biggest AI surveillance camera companies to Capitol Hill, saying Americans keep their privacy rights when they get in a car.
The Missouri Republican, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, said Friday on social media that he has invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify before his panel.
The hearing is set for Wednesday and will focus on automated license plate readers — the cameras that scan and store the movements of passing vehicles — and the vast amounts of data the systems collect.
Timeline
Hawley announces on social media that he has invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to appear before the Crime and Counterterrorism subcommittee. The Washington Times reports the hearing will put the heads of the top surveillance camera networks in front of a panel led by one of the technology's loudest critics in the Senate.
The Daily Signal reports that West Virginia state lawmakers are pressing Flock Safety for more answers, accusing the company of an alleged "history" of contradictions. Flock is the nation's largest maker of automated license plate readers.
The subcommittee hearing on the cameras is scheduled.
Reactions
Hawley framed the hearing as a defense of ordinary drivers. "Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church," he said.
Roll Call reported that Flock's cameras are under new scrutiny in the Senate as the privacy backlash against the law enforcement technology grows — a fight that has drawn in both right-leaning outlets and tech press that rarely agree on anything.
What's Next
The subcommittee meets Wednesday. The invitations are just that — invitations — so the first question is which of the four CEOs actually shows up.
Expect the questioning to center on how long the companies keep license plate data, who gets to search it, and what Congress should do about it.
More
Who Was Invited
Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada — four of the most prominent makers of AI-powered surveillance cameras sold to police departments and local governments.
Flock, the largest of them, is also the one already answering questions from state legislators in West Virginia.
Poll
Should police be allowed to use AI license plate readers?
UMass Dartmouth Running Back, 18, Stabbed to Death
Trump Vows 'AI Force,' Czar; Polls Name Change
Sep 20, 2026
Iran Sends Trump Three Conditions to End War
Sep 19, 2026
Faulty AI Intel Nearly Started War With China
Sep 19, 2026
German General Breuer Elected NATO's Top Officer
Sep 19, 2026
Nobel Laureate: War, Sanctions Crushing Iranians
Sep 19, 2026
Dutch Police Disperse Violent Far-Right Hague Protest
Sep 19, 2026
GOP Midterm Odds Fade With 45 Days Left
Sep 19, 2026
Maher Rejects Tarlov's Claim Democrats Are Less Crazy
Sep 19, 2026
Patrick Clancy Breaks Silence After Ex-Wife Killed Kids
Sep 19, 2026
Trump Cuts Park Staff, Diverts Fees to DC
Sep 19, 2026
Holocaust Heirs Sue LA Museums Over Looted Art
Sep 19, 2026
Trump's Fed Chair Hikes Rates, Defying White House
Sep 19, 2026
Miller Drives Push to Deport Illegal Immigrant Children
Sep 19, 2026
US Lifts Sanctions on Eritrea's Military, Ruling Party
Sep 19, 2026
Air Force Admits US Has Space Weapons
Sep 19, 2026
Turkey Revokes License of Iran's Mellat Bank
Sep 19, 2026
Billionaire Ratcliffe Blasts Britain Over Immigration, Taxes
Sep 19, 2026
Navajo Nation Flash Flood Kills Three
Sep 19, 2026
Explosions Over Riyadh Trigger Saudi Air Alerts
Sep 19, 2026
Sep 19, 2026