Verkada declined to testify on Wednesday, September 23 before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism — and left a sentence in its statement that fits verbatim in your next LATAM RFP: “none of our customers can search a national Verkada network – because none exists. Our customers can only access the data in their own systems.”

Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) invitation covered the CEOs of Flock Safety (Garrett Langley), Axon (Rick Smith), Motorola Solutions (Greg Brown) and Verkada (Filip Kaliszan). The hearing, titled “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network,” has architectural questions scheduled on national search networks, data retention, audit logs, and moderation layers — the same questions a procurement officer in Mexico or Brazil should be writing today. Verkada answered in writing. At the time of publication, Flock, Axon and Motorola had not published an equivalent public response.

The Verkada sentence matters because it is the only line of answer that any one of the four invited vendors could sign in writing. If you paste it verbatim in your RFP — “Vendor warrants that none of its customers can search a national network. No national network exists. Customers can only access data in their own system” — and send it to all four, each vendor’s reply tells you in 30 days whether there is a problem. Verkada signs in five minutes. Flock, Axon and Motorola need to negotiate the clause.

The number that gives context: the DeFlock tracker documents 170+ cancelled Flock contracts in the U.S. alone following the audits Hawley cites in his September 2 letter. The question the September 23 hearing is putting on the table has already been answered by one OEM: architectural separation between a customer’s network and a national network is signable. What Hawley will ask on Wednesday is why the other three haven’t signed it yet.

P.D. Before Wednesday September 23 — copy the Verkada sentence into the RFP you have open and send it in writing to your integrator. If your current contract doesn’t require the vendor to deliver that clause signed by the CEO, today’s a good day to renegotiate.

📰 Source: The Hill (Mira Bhakta), 18-Sep-2026; KTTN, 21-Sep-2026; Hawley Senate Sep 2 letter to Verkada; DeFlock cancellations tracker.

Sources

[1] The Hill — Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify (Sep 18, 2026, Mira Bhakta) — https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6099368-hawley-invites-flock-ai-surveillance-ceos/ [2] KTTN — Hawley expands AI surveillance inquiry with hearing for four CEOs (Sep 21, 2026) — https://www.kttn.com/hawley-expands-ai-surveillance-inquiry-with-hearing-for-four-ceos/ [3] Hawley Senate — Hawley Expands Investigation into Surveillance Cameras, Warns Flock Competitors — https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-expands-investigation-into-surveillance-cameras-warns-flock-competitors/ [4] Hawley Senate Judiciary Subcommittee letter to Verkada CEO Filip Kaliszan (Sep 2, 2026, PDF) — https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-02-Verkada-ALPR-Letter.pdf [5] DeFlock — cancelled Flock contracts tracker — https://deflocktheusa.com/cancellations/ [6] Hawley X post — Sep 18, 2026 invitation announcement — https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/2100951331678666984