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:other:cradlepoint" 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
3814 3814 Cradlepoint North Richland Hills TX 2023-08-28 hardware/software maintenance (authorize agreement) 127000.0 Authorize an agreement with Baycom, Inc ., an authorized reseller of Synnex Corporation, for the purchase of annual Cradlepoint hardware and software maintenance and additional technology purchases using State of Texas Department of Information Resources Contract (DIR-TSO-4458), for a cumulative amount not to exceed $ 127,000 annually through March 27, 2025. https://nrhtx.legistar1.com/nrhtx/meetings/2023/8/1910_M_City_Council_23-08-28_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/nrhtx/2023/#m160315 sv:other:cradlepoint ceiling 1 1 0 TX
2798 2798 Cradlepoint Harford County MD 2024-09-24 NetCloud renewal (renew) 60094.0 HCSO CradlePoint NetCloud Renewal $60,094.04 https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09242024-2386 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/harfordcountymd.gov/2024/#m1216826 sv:other:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 MD
3326 3326 Cradlepoint Wilmington DE 2024-09-03 camera tower tech upgrade (supplemental appropriation) 27308.0 Ordinance Making Supplemental Appropriation for the Purchase of a Cloud-Based Key Tracking System from Keycafe, Inc., and a Technology Upgrade to Three Camera Towers from Cradlepoint, Inc., Utilizing $27,308 of NC Drug Tax Revenue [Budget Impact: NC Drug Tax Revenue] https://wilmington.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=6807 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-wilmington/2024/#m563076 sv:other:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 DE
2427 2427 Cradlepoint Fillmore County MN 2024-09-03 connectivity devices (purchase) 11970.0 On motion by Hindt and seconded by Lentz, the Board unanimously approved the purchase of the Cradlepoint connectivity devices to be used for elections at the quote of $11,970.00 thru KNOWiNK, LLC, with cost associated for 2024 to 2026. https://www.co.fillmore.mn.us/2.0%20Approved%20Minutes%209.3.2024.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-co.fillmore.mn.us/2024/#m7708345 sv:other:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 MN
2552 2552 Cradlepoint Elizabeth NJ 2026-01-13 Cradlepoint license (award contract) 9828.0 Letter dated December 31, 2025, from the Business Administrator recommending awarding a contract to PMC Wireless, 8 Crown Plaza, Suite 106, Hazlet, NJ, for the purchase of a Renewal of Cradlepoint License for the Police Department at the total cost of $9,828.44. https://www.elizabethnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01132026-463 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/elizabethnj.org/#m1522810 sv:other:cradlepoint recommended 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);