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

7 rows where ledger = "sv:bodycam:watchguard", state = "OH" and vendor = "WatchGuard Video" sorted by amount descending

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  • sv:bodycam:watchguard · 7 ✖
Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
3194 3194 WatchGuard Video Springfield OH 2021-07-20 in-car cameras (purchase) 192350.0 Authorizing the purchase of thirty (30) WatchGuard Video In-Car Cameras from Motorola Solutions Inc., for an amount not to exceed $192,350.00, through Sourcewell, pursuant to the Sourcewell Contract Purchasing Cooperative Program, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.48 of the Ohio Revised Code. https://springfieldohio.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/2128 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/springfieldohio/2021/#m666628 sv:bodycam:watchguard ceiling 1 0 0 OH
3195 3195 WatchGuard Video Springfield OH 2021-07-06 in-car cameras (purchase) 192350.0 Authorizing the purchase of thirty (30) WatchGuard Video In-Car Cameras from Motorola Solutions Inc., for an amount not to exceed $192,350.00, through Sourcewell, pursuant to the Sourcewell Contract Purchasing Cooperative Program, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.48 of the Ohio Revised Code. https://springfieldohio.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/2123 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/springfieldohio/2021/#m666626 sv:bodycam:watchguard ceiling 2 0 0 OH
2605 2605 WatchGuard Video Canton OH 2023-11-28 video evidence cloud storage (approve contract) 140000.0 Enter into contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $140,000.00 for the purchase of Watchguard Evidence Library Cloud Storage & Licensing to be used for video evidence management for the Police Department, pursuant to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services Cooperative Purchasing Program which exempts said purchase from competitive bidding. https://www.cantonohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11282023-847 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cantonohio.gov/2023/#m1429124 sv:bodycam:watchguard stated 1 0 0 OH
2720 2720 WatchGuard Video Highland Heights OH 2023-06-27 WatchGuard Video Camera Recording System (purchase) 117000.0 “A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Motorola Solutions for the purchase of a Watchguard Video Camera Recording System to include Eight (8) In-Car Cameras, Eight (8) Body Worn Cameras, Eight (8) Bay Transfer Stations, Cloud Based Storage and accessories and a Five (5) Year Warranty in an amount not exceed One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($117,000.00) and declaring an emergency. ” https://www.highlandhts.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06272023-1148 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/highlandhts.com/2023/#m1316636 sv:bodycam:watchguard stated 1 0 0 OH
2603 2603 WatchGuard Video Canton OH 2021-04-06 in-car camera systems (enter into contract) 63060.0 Enter into contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $63,060.00 for the purchase of WatchGuard in-car camera systems for the Police Department pursuant to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services Cooperative Purchasing Program which exempts said purchase from competitive bidding. https://www.cantonohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04062021-570 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cantonohio.gov/2021/#m1429457 sv:bodycam:watchguard stated 1 0 0 OH
3473 3473 WatchGuard Video Brecksville OH 2024-09-17 body-worn cameras (purchase) 47792.0 Recommend to Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing the purchase of (20) WatchGuard Body Worn Cameras, support equipment, software, warranties, licenses and fees in the aggregate amount of $47,792.00 from Chagrin Valley Dispatch for use by the Police Department. https://brecksvilleoh.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1138,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/brecksvilleoh/2024/#m461125 sv:bodycam:watchguard ceiling 1 0 0 OH
2650 2650 WatchGuard Video Stow OH 2023-11-01 cloud migration (award bid) 13200.0 POLICE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC WATCHGUARD VIDEO MIGRATION BEST PRACTICAL $13,200.00 https://www.stowohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11012023-538 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/stowohio.gov/#m1391001 sv:bodycam:watchguard stated 1 0 0 OH

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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);