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

4 rows where ledger = "sv:alpr:vigilant" and state = "AZ" 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
2871 2871 Vigilant Solutions Coolidge AZ 2024-05-13 mobile license plate reader (approve subrecipient agreement) 78938.0 for 2023 Homeland Security Grant Funding in the Amount of $78,938 to Purchase a Mobile License Plate Reader from Vigilant Solutions and Night Vision Goggles and Approve the Expenditure of Said Funds. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2516&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2024/#m879478 sv:alpr:vigilant stated 1 0 0 AZ
3645 3645 Vigilant Solutions Mesa AZ 2022-06-20 LPR data subscription (authorize purchase) 33500.0 The Police Department and Purchasing recommend authorizing the purchase using the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC Buy) cooperative contract with Vigilant Solutions, LLC, at $33,500 annually, with an annual increase allowance of up to 5%, or the adjusted Consumer Price Index. https://legistar1.granicus.com/Mesa/meetings/2022/6/3622_A_City_Council_22-06-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mesa/2022/#m315873 sv:alpr:vigilant recommended 1 0 0 AZ
2869 2869 Vigilant Solutions Coolidge AZ 2024-09-09 license plate readers (purchase and enter into service agreement) 16130.0 Consider Approval to Purchase One License Plate Readers and Enter into a Service Agreement from Vigilant Solutions, a Sole Source Provider, in the Amount of $16,130.00 Utilizing Awarded Homeland Security Grant Funds; and Waiving the Sealed Bid Requirements in the Best Interest of the City. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2533&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2024/#m879505 sv:alpr:vigilant stated 1 0 0 AZ
2870 2870 Vigilant Solutions Coolidge AZ 2024-08-12 license plate readers (purchase and enter into service agreement) 16130.0 Consider Approval to Purchase One License Plate Readers and Enter into a Service Agreement from Vigilant Solutions, a Sole Source Provider, in the Amount of $16,130.00 Utilizing Awarded Homeland Security Grant Funds; and Waiving the Sealed Bid Requirements in the Best Interest of the City. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2531&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2024/#m879503 sv:alpr:vigilant stated 2 0 0 AZ

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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);