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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14 rows where ledger = "flock", state = "GA" and vendor = "Flock" 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
1856 1856 Flock Chamblee GA 2024-04-16 authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement 559062.0 Motion to authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with Flock to purchase cameras for the first phase of the Real-Time Crime Center for an approximate cost of $559,062 over the first two years. https://chambleega.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5249 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/chambleega/2024/#m679594 flock estimated 1 0 0 GA
1771 1771 Flock DeKalb County GA 2023-12-19 transfer funds to purchase, install, and subscribe for 20 Flock cameras 133000.0 To Transfer $133,000 from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant fund assigned to Account 105744.63258.521209.01.01.602479 reserved for District 1 to DeKalb County Police Department to Fund the Purchase, Installation, and Subscription Services for 20 Flock Cameras https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2023/12/3820_A_Board_of_Commissioners_23-12-19_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2023/#m556080 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1855 1855 Flock Chamblee GA 2024-01-16 authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with Flock to purchase cameras 127500.0 Motion to authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with Flock to purchase cameras for the Downtown SSD area for a cost not to exceed $127,500 over two years. https://chambleega.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/4695 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/chambleega/2024/#m679576 flock ceiling 1 0 0 GA
1921 1921 Flock Stockbridge GA 2023-12-11 approve procurement 108700.0 Approval to procurement of(18) Flock License Plate Readers with (1) Portable for the ease of deployment - $108,700. https://stockbridgega.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3588,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/stockbridgega/2023/#m764517 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1774 1774 Flock Floyd County GA 2023-12-12 order 85500.0 Consider request from Police to order 30 Flock Stationary cameras and installation in the amount of $85,500. https://floydcountyga.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=62 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-floydcountyga/2023/#m557046 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1495 1495 Flock McDonough GA 2026-07-20 approve renewal 70000.0 Request for approval to pay the Flock annual renewal invoice in the amount of $70,000.00. https://mcdonoughga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2238,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mcdonoughga/#m10303 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1946 1946 Flock Clarkston GA 2022-09-27 budget 34500.0 Police Safety Equipment-Flock Cameras and Traffic Cones for Police Vehicles 34,500.00 https://clarkstonga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1449,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clarkstonga/2022/#m801745 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1945 1945 Flock Clarkston GA 2022-09-06 budgeted 33000.0 260-3200-30-542500 Police Flock Cameras $ 33,000.00 One Time 33,000.00 - - - - - https://clarkstonga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1230,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clarkstonga/2022/#m801743 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1947 1947 Flock Clarkston GA 2023-01-31 budget 33000.0 Police Flock Cameras $ 33,000.00 https://clarkstonga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1391,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clarkstonga/2023/#m801756 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1948 1948 Flock Clarkston GA 2023-02-28 budget 33000.0 Police Flock Cameras $ 33,000.00 https://clarkstonga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1399,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clarkstonga/2023/#m801758 flock stated 2 0 0 GA
1949 1949 Flock Clarkston GA 2023-03-07 budget 33000.0 Police Flock Cameras $ 33,000.00 https://clarkstonga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1158,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clarkstonga/2023/#m801759 flock stated 3 0 0 GA
1750 1750 Flock McDonough GA 2021-12-13 approve purchase 11000.0 Approval for the purchase of (4) Flock camera systems at a costs of $2,500 each, plus a one-time installation fee of $250 per camera, for a total cost of $11,000 (the license will be paid annually at $10,000 for the 4 cameras), to be paid from the General Fund; and authorize the Mayor to e-sign the agreement. https://mcdonoughga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=101,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mcdonoughga/2021/#m530883 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1897 1897 Flock Columbia County GA 2023-03-14 approved forwarding to the Board of Commissioners Consent Agenda the purchase of an Automated License Plate Reader camera from Flock 2850.0 Approved forwarding to the March 21, 2023 Board of Commissioners Consent Agenda the purchase of an Automated License Plate Reader camera from Flock in the amount of $2,850; 3523552.544035.35203. https://columbiacoga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=9194,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/columbiacoga/2023/#m755920 flock stated 1 0 0 GA
1898 1898 Flock Columbia County GA 2023-03-21 approved the purchase 2850.0 Approved the purchase of an Automated License Plate Reader camera from Flock in the amount of $2,850; 3523552.544035.35203. https://columbiacoga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=9207,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/columbiacoga/2023/#m755925 flock stated 1 0 0 GA

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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);