Policymakers must continue the state’s recent progress in driving down crime and lowering the burden on taxpayers through reducing unnecessary incarceration and investing in alternative approaches for nonviolent offenders that provide a greater public safety return for every taxpayer dollar that is spent.
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