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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6 rows where ledger = "sv:forensics:cellebrite" and state = "MI" 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
3049 3049 Cellebrite Lenawee County MI 2024-03-12 digital evidence software (approve purchase) 39000.0 Motion by VanDoren, seconded by Bolton, to approve the purchase of Cellebrite software, hardware, licensing, and training in the amount not exceeding $39,000. Motion carried. https://lenaweecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2809,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lenaweecomi/#m736419 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 MI
3050 3050 Cellebrite Lenawee County MI 2024-03-07 digital evidence software (purchase) 39000.0 Motion by Bolton, seconded by Krasny, to recommend to the Personnel Ways & Means committee for purchase of Cellebrite, in the amount not to exceed $39,000. https://lenaweecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1586,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lenaweecomi/2024/#m736415 sv:forensics:cellebrite ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2728 2728 Cellebrite Westland MI 2024-03-04 investigative tech subscription (approve subscription) 37789.0 - Approval of Investigative Technology Subscription with Cellebrite; subscription will begin immediately and will be valid for a one (1) year period, total cost for the initial year not to exceed $37,789. https://www.cityofwestland.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03042024-763 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwestland.com/#m1305023 sv:forensics:cellebrite ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2732 2732 Cellebrite Westland MI 2025-02-18 investigative technology subscription (renew) 20600.0 Approval of Investigative Technology Subscription Renewal with Cellebrite; subscription will be effective for a one (1) year period; amount $20,600.00. https://www.cityofwestland.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02182025-1130 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwestland.com/2025/#m1304633 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 MI
2784 2784 Cellebrite Sterling Heights MI 2026-02-03 UFED Software subscriptions (purchase) 20480.0 RESOLVED , to purchase two Inseyets PRO UFED Software subscriptions from Cellebrite, Inc., 45 Headquarters Plaza, North Tower, 1st and 2nd Floors, Morristown, NJ 07960, for the period of April 7, 2026, through April 6, 2027, at a total cost of $20,480.00, and authorize the City Manager to sign the quote on behalf of the City. https://www.sterlingheights.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02032026-2761 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sterlingheights.gov/#m1237079 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 MI
4152 4152 Cellebrite Monroe County MI 2022-03-15 mobile forensics software (purchase) 4300.0 000000030542 CELLEBRITE, INC. 4300.00 1 https://monroecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=195,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/monroecomi/2022/#m763569 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 MI

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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);