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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9 rows where ledger = "sv:camera:avigilon", state = "GA" and vendor = "Avigilon" 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
2912 2912 Avigilon Henry County GA 2025-12-02 camera system maintenance (approve contract) 328408.0 Resolution to Approve a Managed Services Contract for the Avigilon Camera System Used across Henry County for yearly maintenance at a cost of $328,408.92 per year, using state contract #99999-SPD0000172-004, utilizing funding from Technology Services Repairs/Maintenance Account. https://henrycoga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2441,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/henrycoga/2025/#m828377 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 GA
2915 2915 Avigilon Henry County GA 2024-04-09 Managed Services contract (purchase) 326027.0 Resolution approving the purchase of the Managed Services contract from Comtech for the Avigilon equipment utilizing a State Contract in the amount of $326,027 for all Henry County Locations. https://henrycoga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1818,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/henrycoga/2024/#m828307 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 GA
3355 3355 Avigilon DeKalb County GA 2022-09-20 licenses and cameras (ratify purchase order) 117561.0 RA - Ratification of Purchase Order No. 1301105 for Avigilon Licenses and Single Sensor Cameras: for use by the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT). Consists of the purchase of cameras to be used to support the expansion of elections operations at the Sam’s Club location in Lithonia, GA. Recommend approval to ratify the purchase with Convergint Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed: $117,561.04. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2022/9/3502_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_22-09-20_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2022/#m556172 sv:camera:avigilon ceiling 1 0 0 GA
4229 4229 Avigilon DeKalb County GA 2025-06-03 Unity Video 8 software licenses (award bid) 113475.0 Consists of purchasing from the competitively let SWC No. 99999-SPD-SPD0000172-006 to purchase Avigilon Unity Video 8 Software Licenses for the County’s video surveillance security system. Awarded to Convergint Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed $113,475.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2025/6/4229_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_25-06-03_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2025/#m555982 sv:camera:avigilon ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3348 3348 Avigilon DeKalb County GA 2018-11-13 video surveillance system (award cooperative agreement) 99039.0 CA - Cooperative Agreement for procuring an Avigilon Video Surveillance Security System: for use by the DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK). Awarded to Convergint Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed: $99,039.00. http://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2018/11/2385_A_Board_of_Commissioners_18-11-13_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/#m556462 sv:camera:avigilon ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3345 3345 Avigilon Douglas County GA 2026-06-02 Eagle Eye VMS support (renew) 11471.0 Approval to renew yearly maintenance and subscription agreement with Comcast Smart Solutions for Eagle Eye Avigilon Video Management hardware and software support for Douglas County Landfill in the amount of $955.95 monthly for a total of $11,471.40 to be funded by the Public Works Department budget and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7359,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/#m556894 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 GA
3346 3346 Avigilon Douglas County GA 2026-06-01 Eagle Eye VMS support (renew) 11471.0 Approval to renew yearly maintenance and subscription agreement with Comcast Smart Solutions for Eagle Eye Avigilon Video Management hardware and software support for Douglas County Landfill in the amount of $955.95 monthly for a total of $11,471.40 to be funded by the Public Works Department budget and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7356,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/#m556893 sv:camera:avigilon stated 2 0 0 GA
3343 3343 Avigilon Douglas County GA 2026-07-21 video management hardware (amend contract) 1796.0 Approval of a corrective total amount for the previously approved Comcast Smart Solutions contract for Eagle Eye Avigilon video management hardware in the amount of $1,796.40, (Difference of $46.70) with the total monthly service amount remaining unchanged at $149.70 and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7439,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/#m556905 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 GA
3344 3344 Avigilon Douglas County GA 2026-07-20 video management hardware (amend) 1796.0 Approval of a corrective total amount for the previously approved Comcast Smart Solutions contract for Eagle Eye Avigilon video management hardware in the amount of $1,796.40, (Difference of $46.70) https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7435,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/#m556902 sv:camera:avigilon stated 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);