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.

Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Data source: MyTown

4 rows where ledger = "sv:gunshot:shotspotter" and state = "PA" 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
3601 3601 ShotSpotter Pittsburgh PA 2024-04-22 gunshot detection system (amend contract) 132932.0 Resolution amending Resolution 686 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with ShotSpotter, Inc. (d/b/a SST, Inc.) for the continuation and expansion of the City’s gunshot-detection system, by updating the vendor name and increasing the approved amount by $132,932.00 for an amended total cost not to exceed EIGHT MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,481,204.00) over eight years. https://pittsburgh.legistar1.com/pittsburgh/meetings/2024/4/11153_M_Standing_Committee_24-04-22_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pittsburgh/2024/#m335432 sv:gunshot:shotspotter ceiling 1 0 0 PA
3602 3602 ShotSpotter Pittsburgh PA 2024-04-16 gunshot detection system (amend) 132932.0 Resolution amending Resolution 686 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with ShotSpotter, Inc. (d/b/a SST, Inc.) for the continuation and expansion of the City’s gunshot-detection system, by updating the vendor name and increasing the approved amount by $132,932.00 for an amended total cost not to exceed EIGHT MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,481,204.00) over eight years. https://pittsburgh.legistar1.com/pittsburgh/meetings/2024/4/11151_M_City_Council_24-04-16_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pittsburgh/2024/#m335430 sv:gunshot:shotspotter ceiling 2 0 0 PA
3099 3099 ShotSpotter Delaware County PA 2025-09-03 gunshot detection subscription (purchase) 50000.0 Approval to purchase ShotSpotter for $50,000 utilizing the PCCD Grant funding Gun Violence Investigation and Prosecution (Tools for Investigation and Prosecution of Crime). https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2189,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705381 sv:gunshot:shotspotter stated 1 0 0 PA
3100 3100 ShotSpotter Delaware County PA 2025-09-02 gunshot detection subscription (purchase) 50000.0 Approval to purchase ShotSpotter for $50,000 utilizing the PCCD Grant funding Gun Violence Investigation and Prosecution (Tools for Investigation and Prosecution of Crime). Subject to Solicitor's Approval. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1120,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705380 sv:gunshot:shotspotter stated 1 0 0 PA

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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);