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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5 rows where ledger = "sv:camera:avigilon" and state = "NJ" 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
2550 2550 Avigilon Elizabeth NJ 2022-02-08 Avigilon software upgrade (awarding a contract to purchase) 96650.0 Letter dated January 27, 2022, from the Business Administrator recommending awarding a contract to Johnston Communications, d/b/a JCT Solutions, 36 Commerce Street, Springfield, NJ to purchase an upgrade to Camera Licensing for all surveillance cameras (Avigilon Software Upgrade) in the total amount of $96,650.00. https://www.elizabethnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02082022-282 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/elizabethnj.org/2022/#m1522933 sv:camera:avigilon recommended 1 0 0 NJ
3154 3154 Avigilon Cumberland County NJ 2023-04-25 access control software/hardware (purchase) 29271.0 Resolution Authorizing Provision Of Access Control, Avigilon Proprietary Software And Hardware Including Programming And Training At The County Clerk's Office From Omnia Partners Public Sector Contract Vendor(Safeware Inc.) ($29,271.17) https://cumberlandcountynj.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/445 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cumberlandcountynj/2023/#m684837 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 NJ
3148 3148 Avigilon Cumberland County NJ 2024-09-10 access control devices (purchase) 25780.0 Resolution Authorizing Purchase From OMNIA Partners (formerly U.S. Communities) National Cooperative Contract Vendor For Avigilon Proprietary Access Control Devices And Related Programming For The County Department Of Public Works (Safeware, Inc.) ($25,780.23) https://cumberlandcountynj.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/180 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cumberlandcountynj/2024/#m684894 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 NJ
3150 3150 Avigilon Cumberland County NJ 2024-07-05 access control devices (purchase) 25780.0 Resolution Authorizing Purchase From OMNIA Partners (formerly U.S. Communities) National Cooperative Contract Vendor For Avigilon Proprietary Access Control Devices And Related Programming For The County Department Of Public Works (Safeware, Inc.) ($25,780.23) https://cumberlandcountynj.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/161 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cumberlandcountynj/2024/#m684887 sv:camera:avigilon stated 2 0 0 NJ
2734 2734 Avigilon Lodi NJ 2021-05-19 camera upgrade software (amend) 14052.0 Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 4 to Professional Services Agreement with Quest Media & Supplies, Inc., of Roseville, for Purchase and Installation of Door Cameras and Intercom for City Administration Office and Human Resources and Upgrade Software of Avigilon Cameras Control Unit ($14,052.05) (IT) https://www.lodi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05192021-911 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lodi.gov/2021/#m1303863 sv:camera:avigilon stated 1 0 0 NJ

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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);