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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11 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
1621 1621 Flock Group Inc Denver CO 2025-04-02 amend contract 666000.0 25-0413 Amends a Framework Agreement with Flock Group Inc to add $666,000.00 for a new total of $1,005,450.00 and 24 months for a new end date of 02-28-2027 to provide solar-powered license plate recognition cameras, citywide (POLIC-202472539-00/POLIC-202578012-01). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2025/4/9447_M_Safety%2C_Housing%2C_Education___Homelessness_Committee_25-04-02_Committee_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2025/#m278171 flock stated 1 0 0 CO
1622 1622 Flock Group Inc Denver CO 2025-04-08 Amends a Framework Agreement 666000.0 25-0413 Amends a Framework Agreement with Flock Group Inc to add $666,000.00 for a new total of $1,005,450.00 and 24 months for a new end date of 02-28-2027 to provide solar-powered license plate recognition cameras, citywide https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2025/4/9463_A_Mayor-Council_25-04-08_Mayor-Council_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2025/#m278178 flock stated 1 0 0 CO
1553 1553 Flock Group Inc Ontario CA 2025-01-21 authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Goods and Services Agreement with Flock Group Inc., increasing the authorized contract amount for the Automated License Plate Recognition by $243,500 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,731,000 243500.0 That the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Goods and Services Agreement with Flock Group Inc., with its principal place of business in Atlanta, Georgia, increasing the authorized contract amount for the Automated License Plate Recognition by $243,500 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,731,000. https://ontarioca.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=388 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ontarioca/2025/#m153909 flock stated 1 0 0 CA
1923 1923 Flock Group Inc Marshalltown IA 2026-02-23 bill payment 147203.0 Flock Group Inc/1 147,203.04 https://marshalltownia.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8457,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/marshalltownia/#m774520 flock stated 1 0 0 IA
1922 1922 Flock Group Inc Marshalltown IA 2025-03-10 approve payment 96000.0 Flock Group Inc/1 96,000.00 https://marshalltownia.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2198,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/marshalltownia/2025/#m774419 flock stated 1 0 0 IA
2096 2096 Flock Group Inc Dayton OH 2026-01-07 approve grant-funded expansion 88550.0 Flock Group Inc — Other — Grant Funded Expansion for Fixed Agreement Automated License Plate Reader Services — Department of Police/Support Services. $88,550.00 https://www.daytonohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01072026-1564 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/daytonohio.gov/#m1276593 flock stated 1 0 0 OH
2176 2176 Flock Group Inc Stow OH 2024-03-06 approve 58400.0 Request for Legislation from Chief of Staff/Director of Public Service Nick Wren authorizing an expenditure not to exceed $58,400.00 with Flock Group Inc for the Flock camera system. https://www.stowohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03062024-589 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/stowohio.gov/#m1390855 flock ceiling 1 0 0 OH
2018 2018 Flock Group Inc Tonawanda Town NY 2025-12-01 approve and authorize contract renewal 37800.0 Communication Received from Chief Stauffiger Requesting the Town Board Approve and Authorize the Supervisor to Execute a Contract with Flock Group Inc Relative to the Annual Renewal of the Twelve (12) License Plate Reader Cameras at a Total Cost of $37,800, as Set Forth in the Agenda Before You. https://tonawandatownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2428&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-tonawandatownny/2025/#m878563 flock stated 1 0 0 NY
2016 2016 Flock Group Inc Tonawanda Town NY 2025-02-24 approve and authorize contract 27200.0 Communication Received from Chief Stauffiger Requesting the Town Board Approve and Authorize the Supervisor to Execute a Contract with Flock Group Inc Relative to the Purchase of Ten (10) License Plate Reader Cameras at a Total Cost of $27,200, Nunc Pro Tunc, as Set Forth in the Agenda Before You. https://tonawandatownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2371&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-tonawandatownny/2025/#m878486 flock stated 1 0 0 NY
2017 2017 Flock Group Inc Tonawanda Town NY 2025-03-10 approve and authorize contract 27200.0 Communication Received from Chief Stauffiger Requesting the Town Board Approve and Authorize the Supervisor to Execute a Contract with Flock Group Inc Relative to the Purchase of Ten (10) License Plate Reader Cameras at a Total Cost of $27,200, Nunc Pro Tunc, as Set Forth in the Agenda Before You. https://tonawandatownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2375&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-tonawandatownny/2025/#m878491 flock stated 2 0 0 NY
1966 1966 Flock Group Inc Lee County AL 2026-01-26 approve 20000.0 Flock Group Inc 8-ea Flock License Plate Readers $20,000.00 Sheriffs Office https://leecoal.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=991,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/leecoal/#m829752 flock stated 1 1 0 AL

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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);