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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10 rows where ledger = "sv:rms:tyler_ps" and state = "MI" 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
4162 4162 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Macomb County MI 2023-09-20 CAD/RMS maintenance (renew) 1123704.0 Maintenance Agreement: Tyler Technologies - Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management Systems (RMS) Maintenance and Support Renewal ($1,123,704.80) / Angela Elsey, Dispatch Director https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=18619,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2023/#m740059 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
3043 3043 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Macomb County MI 2025-02-20 Records Management (Contract) 828249.0 Contract: Tyler Technologies - Records Management ($828,249) https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=21023,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2025/#m740303 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
3044 3044 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Macomb County MI 2025-02-13 records management (approve contract amendment) 828249.0 Contract: Tyler Technologies - Records Management ($828,249) / Anthony Forlini, Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=21022,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2025/#m740301 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
2843 2843 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Berrien County MI 2025-12-11 New World CAD licenses (waiver) 272169.0 Waiver # Vendor Reason Department Budgeted Amount Waiver Amount 2025-12-11-01 Tyler Technologies New World CAD - LE & Fire Mobile Site Licenses and Professional Services Information Systems $0 $272,169 https://www.berriencountymi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12112025-7142 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/berriencountymi.gov/2025/#m1046581 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
2729 2729 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Westland MI 2024-08-05 Arx Alert Core subscription (renew) 32277.0 Approval of Arx Alert Core Subscription Renewal for the Police Department; Administration recommends sole source, Tyler Technologies, term shall be for a one (1) year period, amount not to exceed $32,277.00. https://www.cityofwestland.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08052024-844 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwestland.com/2024/#m1305000 sv:rms:tyler_ps ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2730 2730 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Westland MI 2024-08-19 Arx Alert Core subscription (renew) 32277.0 Approval of Arx Alert Core Subscription Renewal for the Police Department; Administration recommends sole source, Tyler Technologies, term shall be for a one (1) year period, amount not to exceed $32,277.00. https://www.cityofwestland.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08192024-852 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwestland.com/2024/#m1304996 sv:rms:tyler_ps ceiling 2 0 0 MI
2842 2842 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Berrien County MI 2025-06-19 dispatch CAD support (approve invoice) 15855.0 Annual PACE hours for Dispatch CAD Support - 78202|Tyler Technologies Invoice #130-154889 $ 15,855.00 911 2025 https://www.berriencountymi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06192025-6812 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/berriencountymi.gov/2025/#m1048717 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
2782 2782 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Sterling Heights MI 2023-06-20 police records management (purchase) 12800.0 RESOLVED, to purchase software modules, with annual software maintenance, for the Police Department's Law Enforcement Records Management System for animal tracking and on- line property checks from Tyler Technologies, Inc., 840 West Long Lake Road, Troy, MI 48098, at a cumulative cost of $12,800, with annual maintenance fees of $2,037, and authorize the City Manager to sign all documents required in conjunction with this approval. https://www.sterlingheights.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06202023-2213 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sterlingheights.gov/2023/#m1237832 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI
3042 3042 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Macomb County MI 2025-10-08 LERMS interface (approve change order) 6000.0 Motion to recommend that the Board of Commissioners approve the Change Order with Karpel to provide Tyler Technologies New World Law Enforcement Records Management Interface in the amount of $6,000 for Information Technology. https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=22022,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2025/#m740398 sv:rms:tyler_ps recommended 1 0 0 MI
2750 2750 Tyler Technologies (public safety) New Baltimore MI 2021-04-12 Arx Alert software (purchase) 5118.0 Request from the Mike Mertens, Chief of Police to purchase the Alto Vista Arx Alert software program community dashboard and internal dashboard which provides transparency within the police department and the community, the cost of $5,118.00 per year with Tyler Technologies for a 3-year period https://www.cityofnewbaltimore.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04122021-755 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnewbaltimore.org/2021/#m1269622 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 MI

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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);