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:forensics:magnet" 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
2781 2781 Magnet Forensics Sterling Heights MI 2025-11-05 GrayKey software subscription (purchase) 38660.0 1. Purchase the GrayKey software technology subscription from Magnet Forensics, LLC, 931 Monroe Drive NE, Suite A102 -340, Atlanta, GA 30308, from November 21, 2025, through November 20, 2028, at a total cost of $38,660; https://www.sterlingheights.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11052025-2755 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sterlingheights.gov/2025/#m1237883 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MI
2639 2639 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-02-02 AXIOM software and training (approve purchase) 12994.0 Motion to approve Magnet Forensics, preferred vendor, for the purchase of Magnet AXIOM software and specialized training for an amount not to exceed $12,994, funded through General Fund - Police Contractual Services and Police Training. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02022026-834 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m1393196 sv:forensics:magnet ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2640 2640 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-02-03 AXIOM software and training (approve purchase) 12994.0 To approve Magnet Forensics, preferred vendor, for the purchase of Magnet AXIOM software and specialized training for an amount not to exceed $12,994, funded through General Fund - Police Contractual Services and Police Training. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02032026-835 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m1393195 sv:forensics:magnet ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2641 2641 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-02-17 AXIOM software and training (approve preferred vendor) 12994.0 To approve Magnet Forensics, preferred vendor, for the purchase of Magnet AXIOM software and specialized training for an amount not to exceed $12,994, funded through General Fund - Police Contractual Services and Police Training. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02172026-839 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m1393194 sv:forensics:magnet ceiling 2 0 0 MI
2642 2642 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-02-17 AXIOM software and training (approve preferred vendor) 12994.0 To approve Magnet Forensics, preferred vendor, for the purchase of Magnet AXIOM software and specialized training for an amount not to exceed $12,994, funded through General Fund - Police Contractual Services and Police Training. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02172026-838 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m1393193 sv:forensics:magnet ceiling 3 0 0 MI
2643 2643 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-03-02 AXIOM software and training (approve preferred vendor) 12994.0 To approve Magnet Forensics, preferred vendor, for the purchase of Magnet AXIOM software and specialized training for an amount not to exceed $12,994, funded through General Fund - Police Contractual Services and Police Training. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03022026-842 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m1393192 sv:forensics:magnet ceiling 4 0 0 MI
3880 3880 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-04-06 AXIOM software (amend) 2255.0 Motion to amend CCR#2.51-26 to increase authority of Magnet Forensics for the Advanced AXIOM Software by $2,255. Funded through General Fund Police IT. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04062026-849 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m17443 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MI
3881 3881 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-04-07 AXIOM software (amend) 2255.0 Motion to amend CCR#2.51-26 to increase authority of Magnet Forensics for the Advanced AXIOM Software by $2,255. Funded through General Fund Police IT. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04072026-850 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m17442 sv:forensics:magnet stated 2 0 0 MI
3882 3882 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-04-20 AXIOM software (amend) 2255.0 To amend CCR#2.51 -26 to increase authority of Magnet Forensics for the Advanced AXIOM Software by $2,255. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04202026-856 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m17438 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MI
3883 3883 Magnet Forensics Taylor MI 2026-04-21 AXIOM software (amend) 2255.0 To amend CCR#2.51 -26 to increase authority of Magnet Forensics for the Advanced AXIOM Software by $2,255. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04212026-855 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/#m17437 sv:forensics:magnet stated 2 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);