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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9 rows where ledger = "flock" and state = "LA" 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
2164 2164 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2023-12-07 authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase 911050.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,425, an ordinance authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase of a seventy-two (72) Camera License Plate Recognition System , including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing. and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $911,050.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12072023-270 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2023/#m1382345 flock stated 1 0 0 LA
2165 2165 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2023-12-07 approve contract 911050.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,425, an ordinance authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase of a seventy-two (72) Camera License Plate Recognition System, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $911,050.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12072023-273 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2023/#m1382346 flock stated 2 0 0 LA
2166 2166 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2023-11-17 authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase of a seventy-two (72) Camera License Plate Recognition System 911050.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,425, an ordinance authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase of a seventy-two (72) Camera License Plate Recognition System, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $911,050.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11172023-267 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2023/#m1382348 flock stated 2 0 0 LA
2167 2167 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2023-11-17 authorize a five-year agreement for the purchase 911050.0 An ordinance authorizing a five-year agreement for the purchase of a seventy-two (72) Camera License Plate Recognition System, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $911,050.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11172023-266 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2023/#m1382349 flock stated 1 0 0 LA
2159 2159 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2022-12-01 approve contract 294250.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,111, an ordinance authorizing a two- year agreement for the purchase of a fifty -five (55 ) Camera License Plate Recognition System, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $294,250.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12012022-168 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2022/#m1382168 flock stated 1 0 0 LA
2160 2160 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2022-11-18 authorizing a two-year agreement for the purchase of a fifty-five (55) Camera License Plate Recognition System 294250.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,111, an ordinance authorizing a two- year agreement for the purchase of a fifty -five (55) Camera License Plate Recognition System, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $294,250.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182022-143 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2022/#m1382169 flock stated 1 0 0 LA
2161 2161 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2024-10-18 approve agreement 18450.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,673, an ordinance authorizing a two-year agreement for the purchase of a three (3) camera license plate recognition system, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $18,450.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10182024-357 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2024/#m1382265 flock stated 1 0 0 LA
2162 2162 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2024-10-18 approve contract 18450.0 Summary Ordinance No. 13,673, an ordinance authorizing a two- year agreement for the purchase of a three (3) camera license plate recognition system, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $18,450.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10182024-358 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2024/#m1382266 flock stated 2 0 0 LA
2163 2163 Flock Safety Kenner LA 2024-10-03 authorizing a two-year agreement for the purchase 18450.0 An ordinance authorizing a two- year agreement for the purchase of a three (3) camera license plate recognition system, including site and safety assessment, camera setup, testing, and freight, from Flock Safety, a sole source provider, in the amount of $18,450.00 for the Kenner Police Department. https://www.kenner.la.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10032024-354 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kenner.la.us/2024/#m1382268 flock stated 1 0 0 LA

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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);