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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9 rows where ledger = "sv:radio_infra:motorola", state = "TX" and vendor = "Motorola Solutions" 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
3429 3429 Motorola Solutions Edinburg TX 2025-05-21 two-way radios (lease agreement) 1622935.0 Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into a Lease Agreement for Motorola Consoles and Re-programming of Radios Through the Houston Galveston Area Council (HGAC) Contract No. 17724-HGAC (TX)-RA05-21 from Motorola Solutions, in the Amount of $275,466.11 per year, for a total amount of $1,622,935. https://edinburgtx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=498,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/edinburgtx/2025/#m519440 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
2592 2592 Motorola Solutions San Benito TX 2024-11-05 dispatch consoles (approve purchase) 220000.0 ITEM 7. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO COMMAND CENTRAL AXS DISPATCH CONSOLES FOR THE SAN BENITO POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $220,000.00. https://www.cityofsanbenito.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11052024-1535 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofsanbenito.com/2024/#m1449970 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
3651 3651 Motorola Solutions League City TX 2023-12-12 two-way radios (approve contract) 90489.0 Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the purchase of portable Motorola APX 6000XE radios in an amount not to exceed $90,489.00 (Fire Chief and Director of Information Technology) https://legistar1.granicus.com/LeagueCity/meetings/2023/12/2096_M_City_Council_23-12-12_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/leaguecity/2023/#m300994 sv:radio_infra:motorola ceiling 1 0 0 TX
2955 2955 Motorola Solutions Winkler County TX 2025-08-25 two-way radios (approve payment) 57691.0 A motion was made by Commissioner Stevens and seconded by Commissioner Berzoza to approve payment in the amount of $57,691.26 to Motorola Solutions for six (6) APX8500 radios for Winkler County Sheriff's Department from budgeted funds; which motion became an order of the Court upon the following vote: https://winklercotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=174,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/winklercotx/2025/#m801698 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
2956 2956 Motorola Solutions Winkler County TX 2025-07-14 two-way radios (approve payment) 57691.0 Consider for approval payment in the amount of $57,691.26 to Motorola Solutions for six (6) APX8500 radio's for Winkler County Sheriff's Department from budgeted funds. https://winklercotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=150,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/winklercotx/2025/#m801695 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
2894 2894 Motorola Solutions Weslaco TX 2025-06-17 two-way radios (purchase) 29427.0 Discussion and consideration to purchase police vehicle equipment from Tri-County Communications for $68,999.00 (Buy Board Contract # 693-23/ 698-23) and Motorola Solutions for $29,427.93 (Contract: 39000-DIR-CPO-5433) for three patrol units for the total amount of $98,426.93. https://weslacotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=6078,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/weslacotx/2025/#m858527 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
3919 3919 Motorola Solutions Town of Horizon City TX 2024-11-12 two-way radios (purchase) 22723.0 Approve and authorize the purchase of 3 handheld Motorola radios in the amount of $22,723.23 under the current Buy Board Purchasing Cooperative 696-23 with MCA Communications which is the only area Motorola Dealer. https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Minutes/928?meeting=658477 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bb-928/2024/#m15813693 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 1 0 TX
2889 2889 Motorola Solutions Chambers County TX 2024-03-12 dispatch console upgrade (approve) 17378.0 Discuss and consider dispatch console upgrade from Motorola solutions in the amount of $17,378.00 https://chamberscotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5326,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/chamberscotx/2024/#m864630 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX
3652 3652 Motorola Solutions League City TX 2023-07-24 two-way radios (budget) 14400.0 • 4 Motorola Radios ($14,400) https://legistar1.granicus.com/LeagueCity/meetings/2023/7/2077_M_City_Council_23-07-24_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/leaguecity/2023/#m300970 sv:radio_infra:motorola stated 1 0 0 TX

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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);