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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5 rows where ledger = "sv:motorola:motorola" and state = "CA" 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
3898 3898 Motorola Solutions Riverside CA 2026-06-09 body cameras software (approve master customer agreement) 1655884.0 Approve Master Customer Agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc ., Chicago, IL, for $331,176.82 per year for total agreement amount of $ 1,655,884.10 from General Fund, Police Department, Field Operations, Software Purchase /Licensing Account for upgrade of all body worn cameras and software and licensing for all body worn and in -car cameras, unlimited storage, miscellaneous accessories, and warranty for five-year term https://riversideca.legistar1.com/riversideca/meetings/2026/6/8543_A_City_Council_26-06-09_Agenda_Council.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/riversideca/#m6564 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 CA
3676 3676 Motorola Solutions Fontana CA 2026-02-24 ALPR cameras (purchase) 1052673.0 Approve the purchase of the Motorola Solutions upgrade, installation, and service agreement for the ALPR in the amount of $1,052,673.97. https://fontana.legistar1.com/fontana/meetings/2026/2/2768_A_City_Council_Meeting_26-02-24_Regular_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fontana/#m282741 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 CA
3600 3600 Motorola Solutions Pomona CA 2022-08-15 body cameras (approve purchase) 305765.0 Approve the purchase of body worn cameras from Motorola Solutions Inc .in the amount of $305,765 https://pomona.legistar1.com/pomona/meetings/2022/8/2205_A_City_Council___Housing_Authority___Successor_Agency_to_the_Redevelopment_Agency_22-08-15_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pomona/2022/#m336172 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 CA
2410 2410 Motorola Solutions Rolling Hills Estates CA 2026-07-28 ALPR cameras (approve contract) 79778.0 That the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement approved as to form by the City Attorney with Motorola Solutions in the amount of $79,778.85 for the City’s replacement of ALPR cameras. https://rollinghillsestatesca.legistar1.com/rollinghillsestatesca/meetings/2026/7/2071_A_City_Council_26-07-28_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rollinghillsestatesca/#m8235099 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 CA
3523 3523 Motorola Solutions Monterey Park CA 2022-07-06 ALPR cameras (award bid) 76252.0 Authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney, not to exceed $76,252.00 for the purchase of two Mobile Automated License Plate Reader Systems (ALPR); https://montereyparkca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1390,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/montereyparkca/2022/#m419494 sv:motorola:motorola ceiling 1 0 0 CA

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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);