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Politics● LowSep 19 · Sep 19, 2026, 12:28 AM

Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee’s chair, wrote on social media Friday that he “invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify in…

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