surveillance_spending

A DISCOVERY INDEX of surveillance and police-technology dollar figures found in local government meeting records across 130+ named vendors — NOT a table of confirmed spending, and NOT safe to SUM. An audit on 2026-07-29 found aggregate views were adding amounts that must not be added: the same procurement recurs at committee, council, approval, amendment and renewal stages; "not to exceed" figures are authorization ceilings, not payments. Use the canned query "the CONSERVATIVE total" for any number you intend to publish, and "data-quality report" to see what is flagged. Columns added for this: `amount_type` (stated / ceiling / proposed / recommended / estimated), `dup_rank` (>1 = redundant copy), `geo_suspect` (city disagrees with the source link), `anomaly` (implausible figure), `state_norm` (normalized state). Vendors covered include ALPR (Flock, Vigilant, Genetec), body cameras/tasers (Axon, WatchGuard, Utility, Getac), gunshot detection (ShotSpotter/SoundThinking), face recognition (Clearview AI, DataWorks Plus), fingerprint biometrics (Idemia AFIS/Livescan, filed separately under `sv:biometrics`), data fusion and OSINT (Fusus, Peregrine, LexisNexis Accurint, Thomson Reuters CLEAR), phone forensics (Cellebrite, GrayKey, Magnet), drones (Skydio, BRINC, DJI), cameras/VMS (Verkada, Avigilon), cell-site simulators, CAD/RMS records systems, photo enforcement, jail-call and student monitoring. Every row carries a VERBATIM quote from the minutes and a link to the source document, and a row only publishes if that quote was found character-for-character in the source text. READ THE `ledger` COLUMN: `sv:<category>:<vendor>`. `radio_infra` (two-way radios), `rms` (records/CAD software), `biometrics` (fingerprints) and `not_surveillance` are NOT surveillance sensors — exclude them before quoting any surveillance figure.

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8 rows where ledger = "flock", state = "AZ" and vendor = "Flock Group, Inc." sorted by amount descending

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Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
1599 1599 Flock Group, Inc. Apache Junction AZ 2023-06-19 presentation and discussion 315500.0 23-312 Presentation and discussion of a five-year master services and license agreement with Flock Group, Inc. in an amount of $315,500.00 for community safety. https://legistar1.granicus.com/apachejunction/meetings/2023/6/3235_A_City_Council_Work_Session_23-06-19_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/apachejunction/2023/#m230600 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
1600 1600 Flock Group, Inc. Apache Junction AZ 2023-06-20 consider 315500.0 23-337 Presentation, discussion and consideration of a five-year master services and license agreement with Flock Group, Inc. in an amount of $315,500.00 for community safety. https://legistar1.granicus.com/apachejunction/meetings/2023/6/3238_M_City_Council_Meeting_23-06-20_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/apachejunction/2023/#m230603 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
2354 2354 Flock Group, Inc. Chandler AZ 2026-05-21 renewal 153400.0 Move City Council approve the renewal of fixed camera automated license plate reader (ALPR) solutions, from Flock Group, Inc., utilizing the City of Tempe Contract No. T21-119-01, in an amount not to exceed $153,400. https://public.destinyhosted.com/chanddocs/2026/CC/20260521_2297/2293_City-of-Chandler-City-Council-regular-meeting-minutes-May-21-2026.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-24263/#m6751730 flock ceiling 1 0 0 AZ
2355 2355 Flock Group, Inc. Chandler AZ 2026-05-18 approve the renewal 153400.0 Move City Council approve the renewal of fixed camera automated license plate reader (ALPR) solutions, from Flock Group, Inc., utilizing the City of Tempe Contract No. T21-119-01, in an amount not to exceed $153,400. https://public.destinyhosted.com/chanddocs/2026/CC/20260518_2257/2253_City-of-Chandler-City-Council-study-session-minutes-May-18-2026.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-24263/#m6751737 flock ceiling 2 0 0 AZ
2352 2352 Flock Group, Inc. Chandler AZ 2025-05-08 approve the purchase 114356.0 Move City Council approve the purchase of fixed camera automated license plate reader (ALPR) solutions, from Flock Group, Inc., utilizing the City of Tempe Contract No. T21 -119- 01, in an amount not to exceed $114,356. https://public.destinyhosted.com/chanddocs/2025/CC/20250508_1814/1810_MINUTES-file0001%20%2813%29.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-24263/2025/#m6751325 flock ceiling 1 1 0 AZ
2353 2353 Flock Group, Inc. Chandler AZ 2025-05-05 approve purchase 114356.0 Move City Council approve the purchase of fixed camera automated license plate reader (ALPR) solutions, from Flock Group, Inc., utilizing the City of Tempe Contract No. T21-119-01, in an amount not to exceed $114,356. https://public.destinyhosted.com/chanddocs/2025/CC/20250505_1776/1772_MINUTES-file0001%20%2812%29.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-24263/2025/#m6751331 flock ceiling 1 1 0 AZ
1780 1780 Flock Group, Inc. Taylor AZ 2024-09-03 approve entering into a two (2) year agreement 101250.0 To approve entering into a two (2) year agreement with Flock Group, Inc., for a cost not to exceed $101,250 for the first year and $81,000 for the second year, funded through ARPA. https://taylor.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=342 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-taylor/2024/#m565415 flock ceiling 1 0 0 AZ
1575 1575 Flock Group, Inc. Eloy AZ 2024-12-09 approve a one-year revocable agreement 60500.0 Approval of a One-Year Revocable Agreement with Flock Group, Inc., to Install and Maintain Eleven (11) Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Cameras, four (4) Multipurpose ALPR/Video Cameras, and Establish a Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) at the cost of $60,500.00, with pricing per the City of Tempe Cooperative Contract # T21-119- 01. https://eloyaz.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=183 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-eloyaz/2024/#m173260 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ

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CREATE TABLE surveillance_spending (
  vendor TEXT, city TEXT, state TEXT, spend_date TEXT, product TEXT,
  amount REAL, quote TEXT, source_document TEXT, mytown_record TEXT, ledger TEXT, amount_type TEXT, dup_rank INTEGER, geo_suspect INTEGER, anomaly INTEGER, state_norm TEXT);
CREATE INDEX ix_surv_vendor ON surveillance_spending(vendor);
CREATE INDEX ix_surv_state ON surveillance_spending(state);
CREATE INDEX ix_surv_amount ON surveillance_spending(amount);
CREATE INDEX ix_surv_ledger ON surveillance_spending(ledger);