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 = "NJ" 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
4234 4234 Motorola Solutions Vineland NJ 2025-12-23 911 system maintenance (award contract) 57105.0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AWARD TO A STATE CONTRACT VENDOR, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, FOR SOFTWARE & HARDWARE MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE VESTA 911 SYSTEMS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $57,105.89. https://vinelandnj.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=307,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/vinelandnj/#m531908 sv:motorola:motorola ceiling 1 0 0 NJ
2501 2501 Motorola Solutions Toms River NJ 2024-11-13 CommandCentral software (authorize purchase via state contract) 50820.0 RESOLUTION Of The Township Council Of The Township Of Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, Authorizing The Township To Utilize State Contract No. 83909, Which Expires April 30, 2025, To Purchase Command Central Investigate Plus For The Police Department, From Motorola Solutions, Inc., In The Amount Of $50,820.00 For A Term Of Three (3) Years https://www.tomsrivertownship.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11132024-698 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/tomsrivertownship.com/2024/#m1575172 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NJ
3149 3149 Motorola Solutions Cumberland County NJ 2024-09-10 radio support services (purchase) 47711.0 Resolution Authorizing Purchase From New Jersey State Contract Vendor For Network Preventative Maintenance Level 1 Astro Support, Onsite Infrastructure Response Standard Astro Dispatch Services For Cumberland County 911/Emergency Communications (Motorola Solution, Inc.) ($47,711.63) https://cumberlandcountynj.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/180 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cumberlandcountynj/2024/#m684894 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NJ
2742 2742 Motorola Solutions Point Pleasant Beach NJ 2026-02-17 CAD maintenance (payment) 23643.0 Approval of payment to Motorola Solutions for CAD maintenance for the PD ($23,643.88) https://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02172026-509 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pointpleasantbeach.org/#m1282403 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NJ
2514 2514 Motorola Solutions Little Silver NJ 2025-07-14 in-car video system (approve contract) 7718.0 Resolution: Approving the quote for the Little Siver Police Department for an in-car video system for a patrol vehicle from Motorola Solutions, W. Berlin, NJ under State Contract #23-FLEET-33791 in the amount of $7,718.20. https://www.littlesilver.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07142025-138 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/littlesilver.org/2025/#m1566340 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NJ

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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);