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:drone:skydio" and state = "IL" 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
3779 3779 Skydio Moline IL 2025-04-24 autonomous police drones (award contract) 318166.0 A Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to execute a sole source Order Form with Skydio, Inc., to provide drone services and equipment for the total contract amount of $318,166.90 for a five (5) year term; and authorizing the Chief of Police to accept a proposal with Davenport Electric Contract Company (DECCO) to install two drone docks https://molineil.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=263 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-molineil/2025/#m221134 sv:drone:skydio proposed 1 0 0 IL
2525 2525 Skydio Elwood IL 2025-01-08 SKYDIO X10 drone (approve contract) 76103.0 Waive competitive bidding and enter into a purchasing agreement in the amount of $76,103.40, for Axon Air SKYDIO X10 drone hardware and software from Axon Enterprise, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona (60 month agreement, payment summary for the first year 2025 $15,220.68 then $15,220.68 for four years, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029). https://www.villageofelwood.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01082025-810 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/villageofelwood.com/2025/#m1552238 sv:drone:skydio stated 1 0 0 IL
2777 2777 Skydio Geneva IL 2023-11-06 X10 UAS drones (authorize purchase) 58654.0 Consider Draft Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of Two X10 Unmanned Aerial Systems at a Cost Not-to-Exceed $58,654.12 from Skydio, Inc. Through GSA Contract. https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11062023-2249 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/geneva.il.us/#m1246202 sv:drone:skydio stated 1 0 0 IL
2778 2778 Skydio Geneva IL 2023-11-20 X10 drones (purchase) 58654.0 Authorizing the Purchase of Two X10 Unmanned Aerial Systems at a Cost Not-to -Exceed $58,654.12 from Skydio, Inc. Through GSA Contract. https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11202023-2258 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/geneva.il.us/#m1245842 sv:drone:skydio stated 1 0 0 IL

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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);