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

9 rows where ledger = "sv:bodycam:utility_assoc", state = "GA" and vendor = "Utility Associates" sorted by amount descending

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  • sv:bodycam:utility_assoc · 9 ✖
Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
4225 4225 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2021-06-01 BodyWorn body cameras (award bid) 4159861.0 SS - BodyWornTM Body Camera System: for use by the Marshal’s office and Police Services (PS). Consists of the purchase of the BodyWornTM Comprehensive Body Camera System and supporting hardware and software accessories. Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $4,159,861.50 https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2021/6/3197_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_21-06-01_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2021/#m556259 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3368 3368 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2026-06-18 body cameras (amend) 833606.0 CO - Change Order No. 5 to Contract No. 1257650 BodyWorn™ Body Camera System (Multi-Year)(Sole Source). For use by the Marshal’s Office, Police Services (PS) and Animal Enforcement Services (AES) to obtain BodyWorn™ Comprehensive Camera Systems and supporting hardware and software accessories. Increasing contract funds and contract term through June 30, 2027. Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc: Amount Not To Exceed: $833,606.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2026/6/4477_A_Committee_of_the_Whole_26-06-18_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/#m555910 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3349 3349 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2019-03-12 body cameras (renew) 505000.0 Awarded to Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $505,000.00. http://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2019/3/2633_A_Board_of_Commissioners_19-03-12_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/#m556425 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3366 3366 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2025-09-16 BodyWorn body cameras (amend) 330204.0 Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $330,204.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2025/9/4244_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_25-09-16_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2025/#m555970 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
4226 4226 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2022-10-18 BodyWorn body cameras (amend) 156209.0 Consists of the purchase of the BodyWorn™ Comprehensive Body Camera System and supporting hardware and software accessories. Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $156,209.26. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2022/10/3507_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_22-10-18_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2022/#m556167 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3360 3360 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2023-08-01 body cameras (amend) 113000.0 Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $113,000.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2023/8/3798_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_23-08-01_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2023/#m556098 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA
2866 2866 Utility Associates East Point GA 2023-12-18 body cameras (purchase) 31660.0 Council Approval on the Purchase Storage of Body Worn Camera for the Past Five Years in the Amount of $31,660 from Utility Associates Inc. https://eastpointcityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2209&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-eastpointcityga/2023/#m879692 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc stated 1 0 0 GA
2867 2867 Utility Associates East Point GA 2023-12-11 body cameras (purchase) 31660.0 Council Approval on the Purchase Storage of Body Worn Camera for the Past Five Years in the Amount of $31,660 from Utility Associates Inc. https://eastpointcityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2208&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-eastpointcityga/2023/#m879691 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc stated 2 0 0 GA
3352 3352 Utility Associates DeKalb County GA 2022-04-05 BodyWorn body cameras (amend) 25000.0 Awarded to: Utility Associates, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $25,000.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2022/4/3462_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_22-04-05_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2022/#m556196 sv:bodycam:utility_assoc ceiling 1 0 0 GA

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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);