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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10 rows where ledger = "sv:face:idemia" and state = "OK" 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
3225 3225 Idemia Oklahoma City OK 2023-11-21 AFIS maintenance support (sole source purchase) 340575.0 Resolution authorizing the sole source purchase of maintenance and support of Automated Fingerprint Identification System and MorphoIDent Units from IDEMIA Identity & Security USA, LLC (SS24­C241039), estimated cost $340,575, December 12, 2023 through December 11, 2024. https://okc.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/61120 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/okc/2023/#m640322 sv:face:idemia estimated 1 1 0 OK
3066 3066 Idemia Tulsa County OK 2024-09-30 LiveScan System Cabinet (purchase) 23491.0 Juvenile Bureau - Idemia Identitiy & Security USA LLC, for the purchase of IDEMIA LiveScan System Cabinet FH Tenpring/Palm Capture in the amount of $23,491, which includes an additional one-year warranty https://tulsacook.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7991,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tulsacook/2024/#m712273 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
3070 3070 Idemia Tulsa County OK 2021-06-01 Livescan maintenance (renew) 14320.0 Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC - for maintenance of Livescan fingerprinting equipment for FY 2021-2022; cost of $14,320 https://tulsacook.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2175,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tulsacook/2021/#m711662 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
4097 4097 Idemia Pottawatomie County OK 2026-03-10 Equipment (purchase) 7000.0 301, Idemia Identity & Security USA, 7000.00, Equipment; https://pottawatomiecook.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7519,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pottawatomiecook/#m782600 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
2771 2771 Idemia Rogers County OK 2025-02-10 LiveScan fingerprint services (renew contract) 3713.0 Discussion/possible action to renew Rogers County Sheriff's Office service contract with Idemia for LiveScan FBI and OSBI fingerprint services, (24x7) Coverage, Printer toner/ink and White Tenprint Cards, Software Support, On-Site Hardware Support and Parts Support, total $3,713.00 (Hendrix) https://www.rogerscounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02102025-1048 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rogerscounty.org/2025/#m1257575 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
2772 2772 Idemia Rogers County OK 2025-02-10 LiveScan fingerprint services (renew contract) 3713.0 Discussion/possible action to renew Rogers County Sheriff's Office service contract with Idemia for LiveScan FBI and OSBI fingerprint services, (24x7) Coverage, Printer toner/ink and White Tenprint Cards, Software Support, On-Site Hardware Support and Parts Support, total $3,713.00 (Hendrix) https://www.rogerscounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102025-1059 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rogerscounty.org/2025/#m1257574 sv:face:idemia stated 2 0 0 OK
2773 2773 Idemia Rogers County OK 2025-02-18 LiveScan fingerprint services (renew contract) 3713.0 Discussion/possible action to renew Rogers County Sheriff's Office service contract with Idemia for LiveScan FBI and OSBI fingerprint services, (24x7) Coverage, Printer toner/ink and White Tenprint Cards, Software Support, On-Site Hardware Support and Parts Support, total $3,713.00 https://www.rogerscounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02182025-1054 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rogerscounty.org/2025/#m1257572 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
2756 2756 Idemia Comanche County OK 2024-08-05 livescan maint/support (approve claims and purchase orders) 3468.0 FA250072 IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY LIVESCAN MAINT/ SUPPORT $ 3,468.00 https://www.comanchecountyok.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08052024-180 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/comanchecountyok.gov/2024/#m1267769 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
3069 3069 Idemia Tulsa County OK 2021-08-23 LiveScan maintenance (approve contract) 2475.0 Juvenile Bureau - Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC - for maintenance of LiveScan fingerprinting equipment and printer for the period of 9/24/2021 through 9/23/2022; cost of $2,475 https://tulsacook.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2446,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tulsacook/2021/#m711697 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK
3068 3068 Idemia Tulsa County OK 2021-10-04 LiveScan scanner maintenance (renew) 2315.0 f. Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC.- for maintenance and support of LiveScan Ruggedized scanner and Lexmark Printer used for biometric data capture and processing from 8/15/2021 through 8/14/2022; cost of $2,315 https://tulsacook.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2519,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tulsacook/2021/#m711711 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 OK

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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);