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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16 rows where ledger = "flock" and state = "SC" 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
1931 1931 Flock Group Inc. York County SC 2023-12-18 approve a five year service and maintenance agreement 237000.0 Council to approve a five year service and maintenance agreement regarding cameras and associated equipment for use by the Sheriff's Office, with Flock Group I nc., of Atlanta GA, for a total cost of $ 237,000.00, as provisioned by York County's Procurement Code. https://yorkcosc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2273,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/yorkcosc/2023/#m784123 flock stated 1 1 0 SC
1729 1729 Flock Group, Inc. Charleston SC 2024-03-12 approve lease agreement 197600.0 Approval to enter into a four -year lease agreement for 15 license plate recognition cameras in the amount $197,600.00 with Flock Group, Inc. of 1170 Howell Mill Rd., Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318. https://www.charleston-sc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03122024-9017 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/charleston-sc.gov/2024/#m485639 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
1730 1730 Flock Group, Inc. Charleston SC 2024-03-12 approve lease agreement 197600.0 POLICE DEPARTMENT: APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A FOUR-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 15 LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS IN THE AMOUNT $197,600.00 WITH FLOCK GROUP, INC. https://www.charleston-sc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03122024-9014 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/charleston-sc.gov/2024/#m485640 flock stated 2 0 0 SC
1895 1895 Flock Safety Lancaster County SC 2024-05-02 approved priorities list 50300.0 19 12 Flock Cameras Sheriff 50,300 8 https://lancastercosc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=459,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercosc/2024/#m754424 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
1896 1896 Flock Cameras Lancaster County SC 2024-06-18 budget 50300.0 19 12 Flock Cameras Sheriff 50,300 8 https://lancastercosc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=363,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercosc/2024/#m754434 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
2265 2265 Flock Lancaster SC 2024-09-24 budgeted 47000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 47,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09242024-133 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2024/#m1508839 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
2110 2110 Flock Safety Surfside Beach SC 2024-01-24 recommend the Proposed Use of Funds 20050.0 Expansion of Flock Safety ALPR Network $20,050 https://www.surfsidebeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01242024-404 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/surfsidebeach.org/2024/#m1300944 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
2111 2111 Flock Safety Surfside Beach SC 2024-02-21 considered proposal for budget 20050.0 Expansion of Flock Safety ALPR Network $20,050 https://www.surfsidebeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02212024-415 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/surfsidebeach.org/#m1301113 flock stated 2 0 0 SC
2258 2258 Flock Lancaster SC 2025-05-27 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 14,900 2,100 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05272025-179 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2025/#m1508768 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
2259 2259 Flock Lancaster SC 2025-04-22 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 14,900 2,100 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04222025-173 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2025/#m1508770 flock stated 2 0 0 SC
2260 2260 Flock Lancaster SC 2025-02-25 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02252025-159 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2025/#m1508777 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
2261 2261 Flock Lancaster SC 2025-02-11 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02112025-157 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2025/#m1508778 flock stated 2 0 0 SC
2262 2262 Flock Lancaster SC 2025-01-28 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01282025-153 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2025/#m1508780 flock stated 3 0 0 SC
2263 2263 Flock Lancaster SC 2024-11-26 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11262024-144 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2024/#m1508834 flock stated 4 0 0 SC
2264 2264 Flock Lancaster SC 2024-10-22 budgeted 17000.0 Four (4) Flock security cameras 17,000 17,000 https://www.lancastercitysc.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10222024-136 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercitysc.com/2024/#m1508837 flock stated 5 0 0 SC
1894 1894 Flock Safety Lancaster County SC 2021-08-23 budget 2750.0 Flock Safety Camera 1 2750.00 https://lancastercosc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=264,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercosc/2021/#m754230 flock stated 1 0 0 SC

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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);