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 state = "AZ" and vendor = "Flock Safety" 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
2144 2144 Flock Safety Douglas AZ 2026-03-11 accepted grant funding for ALPR program 194178.0 The Police Department was selected by the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to receive $194,178 through the Border Security Fund Grant Program to implement an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) program within the city. https://www.douglasaz.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03112026-1065 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglasaz.gov/#m1353195 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
1777 1777 Flock Safety Queen Creek AZ 2026-06-03 budget 185000.0 Flock Safety – ALPR Subscription: $185,000 (Police) https://queencreekaz.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=1862 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-queencreekaz/#m565214 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
1778 1778 Flock Safety Queen Creek AZ 2024-06-05 approve 185000.0 Flock Safety – ALPR Subscription: $185,000 (Police) https://queencreekaz.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=1403 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-queencreekaz/2024/#m565355 flock stated 2 0 0 AZ
2358 2358 Flock Safety Flagstaff AZ 2025-09-02 consider amendment 112000.0 Legal advice regarding an amendment to the Cooperative Purchase Contract with Flock Safety in the amount of $112,000, in addition to other fees and taxes, for safety cameras for the Flagstaff Police Department https://public.destinyhosted.com/agenda_publish.cfm?id=35247&mt=ALL&get_month=9&get_year=2025&dsp=min&seq=4478 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-35247/2025/#m6754601 flock stated 1 1 0 AZ
1779 1779 Flock Safety Taylor AZ 2026-03-03 approve renewal 69600.0 Motion to approve Flock Safety, sole source, for renewal of two (2) year agreement in an amount of $69,600 for the first year and $69,600 for the second year. https://taylor.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=427 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-taylor/#m565373 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
2020 2020 Flock Safety Coolidge AZ 2023-05-08 approve purchase 35000.0 Consider Approval of Ratifying the Total Purchase Amount to Include Tax for the Ten Automatic License Plate Reader’s from Flock Safety for an Amount Not to Exceed $35,000, Waiving the Sealed Bid Process in the Best Interest of the City. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2473&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2023/#m879428 flock ceiling 1 0 0 AZ
2022 2022 Flock Safety Coolidge AZ 2024-07-08 ratify purchase 33500.0 Consider Approval of Ratifying the Purchase of Ten Automatic License Plate Reader’s from Flock Safety for an Amount Not to Exceed $33,500, Waiving the Sealed Bid Process in the Best Interest of the City. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2529&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2024/#m879498 flock ceiling 1 0 0 AZ
2019 2019 Flock Safety Coolidge AZ 2023-03-13 approve purchase 32200.0 Consider Approval of Entering into a Services Agreement Order Form and Addendum to Purchase Ten (10) Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) Cameras and Software from Flock Safety in the Amount of $32,200. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2461&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2023/#m879416 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ
2021 2021 Flock Safety Coolidge AZ 2024-02-26 approve agreement 27500.0 Police Chief Harry Grizzle explained the need to ratify the agreement with Flock Safety in order to lock -in the annual camera price of $27,500, plus tax per year, to include the addendum regarding the terms and conditions of the agreement. https://coolidgecityaz.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=2505&Inline=True https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/iq-coolidgecityaz/2024/#m879463 flock stated 1 0 0 AZ

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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);