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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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15 rows where ledger = "sv:forensics:cellebrite", state = "WY" and vendor = "Cellebrite" sorted by amount descending

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  • Cellebrite · 15 ✖

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  • WY · 15 ✖

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  • sv:forensics:cellebrite · 15 ✖
Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
4049 4049 Cellebrite Teton County WY 2026-01-26 mobile forensics software (payment of voucher) 23181.0 433478 CELLEBRITE, INC 23,181.00 https://www.tetoncountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01262026-2854 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tetoncountywy.gov/#m1199030 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3950 3950 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2024-09-17 mobile forensics software (approve accounts payable) 22500.0 CELLEBRITE USA, CORP. 22,500.00 / 49ER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 625.95 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09172024-172 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/2024/#m1568453 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3964 3964 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2026-03-17 mobile forensics software (approve accounts payable) 21581.0 CELLEBRITE USA, CORP. 21,581.00 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03172026-227 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/#m1568314 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3972 3972 Cellebrite Evanston WY 2025-09-02 mobile forensics equipment (approve bills for payment) 21169.0 Cellebrite Inc. Equipment 21169.00 https://www.evanstonwy.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09022025-616 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/evanstonwy.org/2025/#m1520191 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3959 3959 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2025-04-01 mobile forensics (approve accounts payable) 20545.0 CELLEBRITE USA, CORP. 20,545.20 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04012025-186 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/2025/#m1568410 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
4047 4047 Cellebrite Teton County WY 2024-02-12 mobile forensics (purchase) 19000.0 417497 CELLEBRITE, INC 19,000.00 https://www.tetoncountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02122024-2366 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tetoncountywy.gov/2024/#m1199911 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
2975 2975 Cellebrite Campbell County WY 2025-04-15 digital forensics software (approve contract) 15000.0 Commissioner Clem moved the Board approve the Memorandum of Understanding between OUR Rescue and the Campbell County Sheriff's Office for the purchase of Cellebrite Premium, a digital forensics software, in the amount of $15,000 with a local match of $7,250, for a period of June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, as presented. https://campbellcowy.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=11872,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/campbellcowy/2025/#m789026 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
2976 2976 Cellebrite Campbell County WY 2025-02-19 digital forensics software (approve grant application for purchase) 15000.0 Commissioner Jordan moved the Board approve the submission of the OUR Rescue grant application for a one-time payment of up to $15,000 for the Sheriffs Office to purchase Cellebrite Premium, a digital forensics software, as presented. https://campbellcowy.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=11756,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/campbellcowy/2025/#m789006 sv:forensics:cellebrite ceiling 1 0 0 WY
3236 3236 Cellebrite Converse County WY 2026-07-07 UFED subscription (approve warrants) 14770.0 Cellebrite $14,770.00 Subscrip https://www.conversecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07072026-952 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/conversecountywy.gov/#m621323 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3238 3238 Cellebrite Converse County WY 2026-07-08 mobile forensics subscription (approve warrants) 14770.0 Cellebrite $14,770.00 Subscrip https://www.conversecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07082026-953 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/conversecountywy.gov/#m621322 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 2 0 0 WY
3992 3992 Cellebrite Converse County WY 2024-08-06 mobile forensics subscription (approve monthly warrant) 11560.0 Cellebrite 11560.80 Subcrip https://www.conversecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08062024-781 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/conversecountywy.gov/2024/#m1460520 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3993 3993 Cellebrite Converse County WY 2024-08-07 UFED subscription (purchase) 11560.0 Cellebrite 11560.80 Subcrip https://www.conversecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08072024-782 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/conversecountywy.gov/2024/#m1460519 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 2 0 0 WY
3951 3951 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2023-05-02 mobile forensics software (approve payment) 6450.0 CELLEBRITE USA, CORP. 6,450.00 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05022023-126 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/2023/#m1568437 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
3956 3956 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2023-09-19 mobile forensics (purchase) 4450.0 CELLEBRITE USA, INC 4,450.00 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09192023-141 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/2023/#m1568423 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY
4183 4183 Cellebrite Sublette County WY 2026-07-07 mobile forensics (approve accounts payable) 2375.0 CELLEBRITE USA, CORP. 2,375.00 https://www.sublettecountywy.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07072026-237 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sublettecountywy.gov/#m622481 sv:forensics:cellebrite stated 1 0 0 WY

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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);
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