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 = "sv:alpr:rekor" 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
3292 3292 Rekor Systems Lauderhill FL 2025-08-25 license plate reader services and equipment (approve agreement) 239768.0 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH REKOR RECOGNITION SYSTEMS, INC. TO PROVIDE LICENSE PLATE READER SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO THE CITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $ 239,768.00 https://legistar.granicus.com/Lauderhill-fl/meetings/2025/8/1908_M_City_Commission_Meeting_25-08-25_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lauderhill-fl/2025/#m573928 sv:alpr:rekor ceiling 1 0 0 FL
2577 2577 Rekor Systems Fairfield KY 2025-12-15 automated license plate reader (award bid and authorize contract) 136420.0 Resolution Awarding and authorizing a contract with Rekor Recognition Systems, Inc. for the purchase of automated license plate reader in the amount of $136,420.00 https://www.fairfieldtownshipnj.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12152025-256 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fairfieldtownshipnj.gov/2025/#m1477709 sv:alpr:rekor stated 1 0 0 KY
3276 3276 Rekor Systems Shawnee County KS 2026-07-30 RTCC Cameras licenses (purchase) 89940.0 The sole source purchase totaling $89,940.00 from REKOR Systems, Inc., Contract C2026264, to be paid out of budgeted funds. https://shawneecoks.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1520,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/shawneecoks/#m584261 sv:alpr:rekor stated 1 0 0 KS
3405 3405 Rekor Systems Vineland NJ 2025-12-23 ALPR cameras (award contract) 79140.0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO REKOR RECOGNITION SYSTEMS, INC., COLUMBIA, MD, FOR THE PURCHASE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $79,140.00. https://vinelandnj.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=307,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/vinelandnj/#m531908 sv:alpr:rekor ceiling 1 0 0 NJ
3933 3933 Rekor Systems Caldwell NJ 2025-06-03 license plate readers (purchase) 55668.0 04823 REKOR RECOGNITION SYSTEMS INC. 25-00540 3-90, LICENSE PLATE READERS 55,668.00 6.00 https://caldwell-nj.com/vertical/sites/%7B6BAC054F-223B-4082-A606-DE1D76D33F98%7D/uploads/June_3rd_Council_Mins_250618_085757.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/caldwell-nj.com/2025/#m2595316 sv:alpr:rekor stated 1 0 0 NJ
2539 2539 Rekor Systems Roseland NJ 2023-06-06 AI vehicle recognition system (award contract) 20270.0 awarding a Required Disclosure Contract to Rekor Recognition Systems, Inc. in the amount of $20,270.00 for the purchase of an AI vehicle recognition system https://www.roselandnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06062023-59 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/roselandnj.org/2023/#m1540227 sv:alpr:rekor stated 1 0 0 NJ
3455 3455 Rekor Systems Hyattsville MD 2022-03-07 fixed LPR cameras (lease purchase) 12000.0 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the lease purchase of ten fixed LPRs from Rekor, at a cost not to exceed $12,000 annually, for a term of five years. https://hyattsvillemd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2574,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hyattsvillemd/2022/#m474338 sv:alpr:rekor ceiling 1 0 0 MD

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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);