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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Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
3924 3924 American Traffic Solutions New Orleans LA 2024-12-11 traffic safety program management (amend) 7000000.0 Amendment No. 4 to the professional services agreement between the City and American Traffic Solutions, Inc. for traffic safety program management, to extend the term through December 31, 2025, and to provide for the purchase of 40 beacons; maximum amount payable remains $7,000,000. https://cityofno.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?event_id=24257 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofno/2024/#m13604099 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 1 1 0 LA
4282 4282 American Traffic Solutions Denver CO 2022-03-21 photo radar and red light (approve contract) 5660000.0 Approves a contract with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a/ Verra Mobility for $5,660,000 and for 5 years to provide photo radar and photo red light services citywide (POLIC-202261957). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2022/3/7684_M_City_Council_22-03-21_Council_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2022/#m276897 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 1 0 0 CO
4285 4285 American Traffic Solutions Denver CO 2022-02-15 photo radar and red light (approve contract) 5660000.0 Approves a contract with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a/ Verra Mobility for $5,660,000 and for 5 years to provide photo radar and photo red light services citywide (POLIC-202261957). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2022/2/7641_A_Mayor-Council_22-02-15_Mayor-Council_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2022/#m276861 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 2 0 0 CO
4286 4286 American Traffic Solutions Denver CO 2022-02-09 photo radar and red-light cameras (approve contract) 5660000.0 Approves a contract with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a/ Verra Mobility for $5,660,000 and for 5 years to provide photo radar and photo red light services citywide (POLIC-202261957). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2022/2/7617_M_Safety%2C_Housing%2C_Education___Homelessness_Committee_22-02-09_Committee_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2022/#m276854 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 3 0 0 CO
4269 4269 American Traffic Solutions Mesa AZ 2025-05-12 red-light/speed camera program (award sole source contract) 1800000.0 The Mesa Police Department and Procurement Services recommend awarding the contract to the sole source vendor, American Traffic Solutions, Inc. dba Verra Mobility (a Mesa business) at $1,800,000, annually with an annual increase allowance of up to 5% or the adjusted Consumer Price Index. https://legistar1.granicus.com/Mesa/meetings/2025/5/4299_A_City_Council_25-05-12_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mesa/2025/#m316444 sv:photo_enforce:ats recommended 1 0 0 AZ
4291 4291 American Traffic Solutions Clearwater FL 2024-01-18 red-light camera program (renew) 768600.0 Approve a five-year renewal agreement between the City of Clearwater and American Traffic Solutions, Inc., doing business as Verra Mobility Systems, for the Red-Light Camera Enforcement Program in the amount of $768,600.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2024/1/2843_A_City_Council_24-01-18_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2024/#m260807 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 1 0 0 FL
4292 4292 American Traffic Solutions Clearwater FL 2024-01-16 red-light camera program (renew) 768600.0 Approve a five-year renewal agreement between the City of Clearwater and American Traffic Solutions, Inc., doing business as Verra Mobility Systems, for the Red-Light Camera Enforcement Program in the amount of $768,600.00 pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563 (1)(c), Piggyback, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2024/1/2801_A_Council_Work_Session_24-01-16_Work_Session_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2024/#m260804 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 2 0 0 FL
4063 4063 American Traffic Solutions Hagerstown MD 2025-01-28 red light camera charges (renew) 210000.0 American Traffic Solutions &ndash; Annual Red Light Camera Charges &ndash; American Traffic Solutions (Mesa, AZ) $ 210,000.00 https://hagerstown.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/MeetingView.aspx?MeetingID=1353&MinutesMeetingID=-1&doctype=Agenda https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/nv-hagerstown/2025/#m884913 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 1 0 0 MD
4255 4255 American Traffic Solutions San Jose CA 2024-12-03 red-light enforcement solution (award contract) 201600.0 Negotiate and execute an agreement with American Traffic Solutions, Inc. dba Verra Mobility (Mesa, AZ) to provide a red-light enforcement solution for the Department of Transportation, including related hardware, installation, software, maintenance, support, citation issuance and processing, and other related services, for a maximum compensation not to exceed $201,600 during the initial term beginning on or about December 4, 2024 through November 30, 2025, subject to the appropriation of funds; https://legistar.granicus.com/sanjose/meetings/2024/12/6763_A_City_Council_24-12-03_Amended_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sanjose/2024/#m349519 sv:photo_enforce:ats ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4290 4290 American Traffic Solutions Clearwater FL 2025-09-04 red-light camera postage (amend) 175000.0 Authorize an increase to the current contract with American Traffic Solutions, Inc., doing business as Verra Mobility Systems, for postage needed for the red light camera violations through the agreement term in the amount of $175,000.00 bringing the total amount to $943,600.00 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2025/9/2941_A_City_Council_25-09-04_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2025/#m261037 sv:photo_enforce:ats stated 1 0 0 FL

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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);