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 = "TX" 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
3907 3907 Cellebrite Austin TX 2026-05-28 mobile forensics software (amend contract) 275400.0 Authorize an amendment to a contract for continued Cellebrite hardware, software, and services for Austin Police with Carahsoft Technology Corp., to increase the amount by $275,400 and extend the term by one year for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $733,400. https://austintexas.legistar1.com/austintexas/meetings/2026/5/4073_A_City_Council_26-05-28_City_Council_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/austintexas/#m4523 sv:forensics:cellebrite ceiling 1 0 0 TX
3674 3674 Cellebrite Fort Worth TX 2021-08-24 upgraded licenses (amend) 169096.0 Authorize an Amendment to City Secretary Contract No . 54402 with Cellebrite Inc. for the Purchase of Upgraded Licenses in the Amount of $ 169,096.02 with Renewal Options Up to the Same Annual Amount for the Information Technology Solutions Department on behalf of the Police Department https://fortworthgov.legistar1.com/fortworthgov/meetings/2021/8/1164_M_CITY_COUNCIL_21-08-24_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fortworthgov/2021/#m283193 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 TX
3512 3512 Cellebrite Amarillo TX 2025-06-10 Pathfinder license bundle (purchase) 91900.0 Award to: Cellebrite Amount: $91,900.00 https://amarillotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5157,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/amarillotx/2025/#m436917 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 TX
4186 4186 Cellebrite Polk County TX 2026-05-12 UFED/forensics software (renewal increase) 7750.0 Cellebrite — County share (DA usually splits) $5,120 (half of $10,240) $7,750 (half of $15,500) https://polkcotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3295,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/polkcotx/#m612787 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 1 0 TX
2557 2557 Cellebrite Kendall County TX 2023-11-13 UFED software license (approve contract) 6450.0 It is ordered by the Commissioners’ Court of Kendall County, Texas, to approve the Software License Agreement with Cellebrite Inc. in an amount not to exceed $6,450.00 (attached). https://www.kendallcountytx.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11132023-162 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/kendallcountytx.gov/#m1516222 sv:forensics:cellebrite ceiling 1 0 0 TX
4026 4026 Cellebrite Pasadena TX 2024-06-05 UFED/forensics software (budget) 4429.0 Cellebrite 4,429 4,429 https://www.pasadenatx.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06052024-500 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pasadenatx.gov/2024/#m1357253 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 TX

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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);