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.

Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Data source: MyTown

6 rows where ledger = "flock" 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
1645 1645 Flock Group, Inc League City TX 2023-12-12 approve resolution authorizing updated and restated five-year agreement for lease of seventy Automated License Plate Reader cameras 899600.0 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an updated and restated five (5) year agreement with Flock Group, Inc for the lease of seventy (70) Automated License Plate Reader cameras for an amount not to exceed $899,600 https://legistar1.granicus.com/LeagueCity/meetings/2023/12/2096_M_City_Council_23-12-12_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/leaguecity/2023/#m300994 flock ceiling 1 0 0 TX
2350 2350 Flock Group, Inc Oshkosh WI 2026-03-31 renew 163500.0 Approve Two-year Renewal of Flock Group, Inc Service Agreement for License Plate Reader Technology ($163,500) https://public.destinyhosted.com/agenda_publish.cfm?id=67456&mt=ALL&get_month=3&get_year=2026&dsp=min&seq=169 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-67456/#m6748603 flock stated 1 1 0 WI
1699 1699 Flock Group, Inc Hoffman Estates IL 2024-12-02 award a two (2) year service agreement 98450.0 award a two (2) year service agreement to Flock Group, Inc, Atlanta, GA, in an amount not to exceed $98,450.00. https://hoffmanestatesil.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=523,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hoffmanestatesil/2024/#m408367 flock ceiling 1 0 0 IL
2198 2198 Flock Group, Inc Moses Lake WA 2025-09-23 purchase 65100.0 Flock Group, Inc 65,100.00 09/12/2025 Flock https://www.cityofml.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09232025-885 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofml.com/2025/#m1421928 flock stated 1 1 0 WA
2296 2296 Flock Group, Inc Indian Harbour Beach FL 2024-01-09 approve purchasing 10950.0 Motion made by Deputy Mayor Guertin to approve purchasing three (3) license plate readers from Flock Group, Inc at a cost of $10,950 https://www.indianharbourbeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01092024-203 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/indianharbourbeach.org/#m1546249 flock stated 1 0 0 FL
1929 1929 Flock Group, Inc Antigo WI 2024-03-13 purchase 7726.0 INV-32991 Flock Safety Falcon License Plate Readers 7,726.03 https://antigowi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=382,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/antigowi/2024/#m781005 flock stated 1 0 0 WI

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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);