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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7 rows where ledger = "flock" and vendor = "Flock Cameras" 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
1934 1934 Flock Cameras Carmel-by-the-Sea CA 2023-02-21 budget adjustment 109500.0 Police: $109,500 for increased expenditures for laptops for vehicles, Flock Cameras (Year 1 of 2), VIPS uniforms and increased contracting services with Allied, Veritas, Veritone, and pay scheduling software and increase for unforeseen vehicle repairs and signal amplifiers. https://carmelbytheseaca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=535,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/carmelbytheseaca/2023/#m786825 flock stated 1 0 0 CA
2059 2059 Flock Cameras Oconto County WI 2025-11-06 approve grant application 90000.0 School provided an overview of the grant application for the Oconto County Sheriff's Office-Flock Cameras, Following discussion, motion by Bulin/Kopp to approve the grant application in the amount of $90,000.00 covering a five year agreement. https://www.ocontocountywi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11062025-1047 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ocontocountywi.gov/2025/#m1183347 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
1896 1896 Flock Cameras Lancaster County SC 2024-06-18 budget 50300.0 19 12 Flock Cameras Sheriff 50,300 8 https://lancastercosc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=363,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lancastercosc/2024/#m754434 flock stated 1 0 0 SC
1915 1915 Flock Cameras Fraser MI 2024-02-08 budget amendment 31700.0 Drug Forfeiture Drug Forfeiture 265-311-941.000 Leased Assets Flock Cameras -$ 31,700.00$ 31,700.00$ https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3229,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2024/#m760123 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1976 1976 Flock Cameras Allen Park MI 2024-09-26 approve payment of service fees 24000.0 Motion by P. Carnarvon, supported by G. McLeod to pay $24,000 in service fees to support the second year of 8 Flock Cameras being used in the DDA District. https://cityofallenpark.org/DDA/Doc%20Center%20Docs/Agendas%20and%20Minutes/09.26.24%20DDA%20Board%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-cityofallenpark.org/#m840084 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1916 1916 Flock Cameras Celina TX 2024-12-10 purchase and installation 23100.0 Consider and act upon a Resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of Flock Cameras within the City to enhance public safety and assist in law enforcement efforts in an amount not to exceed $23,100.00 for year one and $18,000.00 for year two, for a two- year estim ated total of $41,100.00 and an estimated annual renewal thereafter of $18,000.00. https://celinatx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3241,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/celinatx/2024/#m760829 flock ceiling 1 0 0 TX
2317 2317 Flock Cameras Monahans TX 2025-04-08 acknowledge receipt of donation 21210.0 present $21,210 donation check to purchase Flock Cameras for the Monahans Police Department https://www.cityofmonahans.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04082025-11 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofmonahans.org/2025/#m1579904 flock stated 1 0 0 TX

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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);