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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4 rows where ledger = "sv:alpr:genetec", state = "CA" and vendor = "Genetec" 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
3742 3742 Genetec Orange CA 2023-10-24 Security platform license (approve contract) 921859.0 A motion was made by Councilmember Dumitru, seconded by Councilmember Gutierrez, to approve the three -year agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc. in the total amount of $ 921,859.49 for maintenance of surveillance cameras, hardware infrastructure, and the Genetec security platform license; and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2023/10/1426_M_City_Council_23-10-24_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2023/#m257067 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 CA
3741 3741 Genetec Orange CA 2024-08-27 server and archiver upgrade (approve contract) 90595.0 Approved the agreement with Triad Consulting & System Design Group, L .L.C. in the amount of $ 90,595.00 for Genetec server and archiver implementation upgrade services; and authorized the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2024/8/1531_M_City_Council_24-08-27_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2024/#m257164 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 CA
3744 3744 Genetec Orange CA 2022-02-08 Genetec license (amend) 46206.0 Approve the agreement with Siemens Industry, Inc. in the total amount of $ 46,206.35 for maintenance of surveillance cameras, hardware infrastructure, and the Genetec license; and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2022/2/1199_M_City_Council_22-02-08_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2022/#m256882 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 CA
3557 3557 Genetec Santa Clara CA 2021-10-26 Omnicast training (award purchase order) 5520.0 Approve the Stadium Manager’s request to award a purchase order to EYEP Solutions, Inc. for Genetec Omnicast training and Synergic Technical Certification, in the amount of $5,520, and authorize the Executive Director to approve and process the reimbursement of such costs upon receiving final invoices and supporting documentation from the Stadium Manager. https://santaclara.legistar1.com/santaclara/meetings/2021/10/3511_A_Council_and_Authorities_Concurrent_Meeting_21-10-26_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/santaclara/2021/#m352110 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 CA

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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);