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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6 rows where ledger = "sv:motorola:motorola" and state = "NY" 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
2761 2761 Motorola Solutions Steuben County NY 2025-12-01 fixed ALPR cameras (authorize agreement and appropriate funds) 250904.0 MOTION: AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA FOR THE COUNTYWIDE FIXED ALPR CAMERA SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $250,904 FROM THE IT CAPITAL PROJECT TO PAY FOR THE FIRST YEAR COST OF SAID SYSTEM MADE BY MR. POTTER. https://www.steubencountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12012025-860 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/steubencountyny.gov/2025/#m1260390 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NY
2762 2762 Motorola Solutions Steuben County NY 2025-12-09 fixed ALPR cameras (appropriation) 250904.0 Sheriff Allard stated Motorola is on State contract for the Fixed ALPR Cameras. Over five years, this will be a $1.2 million investment. The cost for 2026, to begin this five -year program, will be $250,904. https://www.steubencountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12092025-868 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/steubencountyny.gov/2025/#m1260348 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NY
2609 2609 Motorola Solutions Irondequoit NY 2024-07-08 body cameras (award bid) 238500.0 the lowest responsible bidder meeting all of the bid specifications, including offering a detachable battery for the BWCs, was Motorola Solutions in the amount of $238,500.00 https://www.irondequoit.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07082024-1703 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/irondequoit.org/2024/#m1413903 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NY
2610 2610 Motorola Solutions Irondequoit NY 2024-08-20 body cameras (award bid) 238500.0 a resolution was adopted awarding the bid for the purchase of BWCs and related software to Motorola Solutions in the amount of $238,500. https://www.irondequoit.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202024-1710 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/irondequoit.org/2024/#m1413900 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 NY
3257 3257 Motorola Solutions Wyoming County NY 2026-07-02 ALPR cameras (award contract) 50000.0 Authorize Chairman to sign a contract, pursuant to General Municipal Law §104(b), with Motorola Solutions Inc., 500 West Monroe Street, STE 4400, Chicago, IL 60661 for the purchase of three (3) license plate reader systems, including licensing and software services in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00; effective July 14, 2026 through three years from installation. https://www.wyomingcountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07022026-1476 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/wyomingcountyny.gov/#m598873 sv:motorola:motorola ceiling 1 0 0 NY
2662 2662 Motorola Solutions Wyoming County NY 2025-06-26 ALPR cameras (award contract) 40000.0 Authorize Chairwoman to sign a contract, pursuant to General Municipal Law §104(b), with Motorola Solutions Inc., 500 West Monroe Street, STE 4400, Chicago, IL 60661 for the provision of purchasing two License Plate Reader Systems, including Licensing and Software Services in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00; effective July 8, 2025 through five years from installation. https://www.wyomingcountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06262025-1336 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/wyomingcountyny.gov/2025/#m1389647 sv:motorola:motorola ceiling 1 0 0 NY

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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);