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
215 215 Axon Jonesboro AR 2025-04-08 bundle/OSP 1000000.0 So, in our Axon contract right now it’s well over $1,000,000 a year so that would be an additional expense to that contract. https://legistar.granicus.com/Jonesboro/meetings/2025/4/3744_M_Finance___Administration_Council_Committee_25-04-08_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/jonesboro/2025/#m297863 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
540 540 Axon Jonesboro AR 2026-01-13 body cameras 200000.0 we saved about $200,000 because there was going to be some price increases https://legistar.granicus.com/Jonesboro/meetings/2026/1/3855_M_Finance___Administration_Council_Committee_26-01-13_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/jonesboro/#m297948 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
733 733 Axon Russellville AR 2025-06-17 Tasers 103086.24 To purchase equipped Axon Tasers FUND: 2021 Sales Tax Capital Fund (07) DEPARTMENT: Police Department (111) EXPENDITURE: 07.111.5252 Equipment $ 103,086.24 https://www.russellvillearkansas.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06172025-1091 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/russellvillearkansas.org/2025/#m1510202 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
2266 2266 Flock Group, Inc. Russellville AR 2024-07-18 appropriation 69110.0 Appropriated from the 2021 Sales Tax Capital Fund the sum of $69,110 to be used for the following purposes: Year 1 Contract Price for service and implementation of Flock Safety system https://www.russellvillearkansas.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07182024-1016 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/russellvillearkansas.org/2024/#m1510368 flock stated 1 0 0 AR
1700 1700 Flock Group Inc. Bentonville AR 2024-05-14 approve bid waiver 56040.0 Ordinance for a waiver of bid to Flock Group Inc. in the amount of $56,040.00 for security cameras in our park system. https://bentonvillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2630,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bentonvillear/2024/#m427863 flock stated 1 0 0 AR
1701 1701 Flock Group Inc. Bentonville AR 2024-05-14 approved ordinance authorizing agreement 56040.0 Ordinance No. 2024-72: An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Flock Group Inc. for Security Cameras in the park system, in the amount of $56,040.00, and waiving competitive bidding No budget adjustment is needed. https://bentonvillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2687,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bentonvillear/2024/#m427864 flock stated 2 0 0 AR
979 979 Axon Bentonville AR 2026-05-12 Tasers 48246.51 Axon Enterprise, Inc. offers a lease-to-own program with a 5 year contract, with the year 1 cost being $48,246.51 and years 2 throug https://bentonvillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8883,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bentonvillear/#m73795 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
1001 1001 Axon Siloam Springs AR 2025-11-04 Tasers 42999.02 PD paid Axon enterprises $42,999.02 for the annual service fee for tasers. https://www.siloamsprings.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11042025-852 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/siloamsprings.com/2025/#m1521874 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
2305 2305 Flock Blytheville AR 2024-02-13 approve 27550.0 i. Flock LPR Approval - $27,550 – 1st Perrin, 2nd Moore https://www.cityofblytheville.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02132024-183 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofblytheville.com/#m1567005 flock stated 1 0 0 AR
1150 1150 Axon Blytheville AR 2026-01-13 bundle/OSP 23868.0 AXON Contract – 2 years - $23,868 ($$11,934/yr) https://www.cityofblytheville.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01132026-269 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofblytheville.com/#m1566812 axon stated 1 0 0 AR
2569 2569 Motorola Solutions Jacksonville AR 2023-01-19 ALPR cameras (waive competitive bidding and approve purchase) 12000.0 He noted these are Motorola, like the cloud-based camera security system that is being put in, so they will integrate with each other. He acknowledged that the City tries not to waive competitive bidding, but following his research, these are the ones he recommends, and the price is good. He related it is a five-year deal, being about $12,000.00 each, https://www.cityofjacksonville.net/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01192023-443 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofjacksonville.net/2023/#m1486894 sv:motorola:motorola recommended 1 0 0 AR

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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);