Ross Jackson

Ross Jackson is a senior policy analyst for Right On Crime at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He started at the Foundation as an intern and worked as a research assistant while he completed graduate school. His previous work for the Foundation has focused on criminal justice issues including human trafficking and diversion and mitigation programs. Jackson has a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit policy advocacy and a Bachelor of Science in political science from The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

Criminal Justice

License plate readers can aid police — but Texas needs guardrails

Earlier this summer, two Texas law enforcement agencies announced investigations involving the alleged misuse of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology. In Fort Bend County, a sheriff’s lieutenant admitted to conducting repeated searches unrelated to official law enforcement duties nearly 200 times. Shortly thereafter, Baytown Police opened internal affairs and criminal investigations into allegations that an...

August 19, 2026