Robert Frommer is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice and director of its Project on the Fourth Amendment. His litigation has addressed search and seizure protections, property rights and free speech.
Case
Flock Safety said its August 2026 changes would shorten default data retention and strengthen controls on police searches. The ACLU said most measures remain inadequate and questioned whether Evidence Mode could preserve too much data.
Role at the time: Institute for Justice senior attorney
Response to this claim
Flock's August 2026 safeguards meaningfully address privacy and misuse concerns about its license-plate reader network.
“This is window dressing that doesn't address the fundamental problem”
The adequacy of Flock's safeguards is at issue. Frommer rejects the changes as insufficient without judicial warrants.
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
