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.

Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Data source: MyTown

8 rows where ledger = "sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint" and state = "IL" 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
3655 3655 Cradlepoint Joliet IL 2025-08-19 NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing (renew) 44278.0 Award of Contract to CDWG for the Renewal of Cradlepoint NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing in the Amount of $44,278.00 https://joliet.legistar1.com/joliet/meetings/2025/8/2272_M_City_Council_Meeting__25-08-19_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/joliet/2025/#m297225 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 IL
3656 3656 Cradlepoint Joliet IL 2025-08-18 NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing (renew) 44278.0 Award of Contract to CDWG for the Renewal of Cradlepoint NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing in the Amount of $44,278.00 https://joliet.legistar1.com/joliet/meetings/2025/8/2247_M_Pre-Council_Meeting_25-08-18_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/joliet/2025/#m297223 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 2 0 0 IL
3657 3657 Cradlepoint Joliet IL 2025-08-06 NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing (renew) 44278.0 Award of Contract to CDWG for the Renewal of Cradlepoint NetCloud Mobile Router Licensing in the Amount of $44,278.00 https://joliet.legistar1.com/joliet/meetings/2025/8/2447_M_Communication%2C_Technology___Information_Systems_Committee_25-08-06_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/joliet/2025/#m297220 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 3 0 0 IL
2488 2488 Cradlepoint East Hazel Crest IL 2025-08-13 router upgrade (approve purchase) 21693.0 Approval requested for purchase of Cradlepoint Router Upgrade for Police Department and Fire Department in the amount of $21,693.00. https://www.easthazelcrest.com/vertical/sites/%7B8772811B-68C1-43F3-A806-302DEAECDDF8%7D/uploads/Minutes_-_8-13-25.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/easthazelcrest.com/2025/#m1612084 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 IL
2814 2814 Cradlepoint Oak Forest IL 2025-09-23 AVL routers (purchase) 14300.0 Approval of purchase of thirteen (13) Cradlepoint R980 AVL Routers for frontline Fire Department vehicles through Verizon Wireless government pricing program in the amount of $14,300 with approved 911 Board funds. https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09232025-2205 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oak-forest.org/2025/#m1209349 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 IL
2815 2815 Cradlepoint Oak Forest IL 2025-09-23 AVL routers (purchase) 14300.0 Approval of purchase of thirteen (13) Cradlepoint R980 AVL Routers for frontline Fire Department vehicles through Verizon Wireless government pricing program in the amount of $14,300 with approved 911 Board funds. https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09232025-2206 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oak-forest.org/2025/#m1209348 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 2 0 0 IL
2816 2816 Cradlepoint Oak Forest IL 2025-10-14 in-vehicle LTE routers (purchase) 11115.0 Motion to approve the purchase of 13 Cradlepoint R980 AVL routers through Verizon Wireless government pricing program at $11,115.00 and 13 new antennas from CDWG for $4,440.02 (project total of $15,555.02) for Police Department squad vehicles. https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2216 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oak-forest.org/2025/#m1209347 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 IL
2817 2817 Cradlepoint Oak Forest IL 2025-10-14 AVL routers (purchase) 11115.0 Motion to approve the purchase of 13 Cradlepoint R980 AVL Routers through Verizon Wireless Government Pricing Program at $11,115.00 and 13 new antennas from CDWG for $4,440.02 (project total of $15,555.02) for Police Department squad vehicles. https://www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-2215 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oak-forest.org/2025/#m1209346 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 2 0 0 IL

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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);