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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5 rows where state = "CA" and vendor = "Cradlepoint" 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
3206 3206 Cradlepoint Palo Alto CA 2023-06-12 modems (purchase) 168801.0 Approval of a Purchase of Replacement CradlePoint Modems with DiscountCell, Incorporated for Police and Fire in the Amount of $168,801 Utilizing a NASPO Cooperative Agreement; https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/8506 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofpaloalto/2023/#m656477 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 CA
3297 3297 Cradlepoint Redondo Beach CA 2022-12-06 in-vehicle routers (purchase) 54968.0 APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FOURTY-EIGHT ( 48) CRADLEPOINT IBR 900 RUGGEDIZED CELLULAR ROUTERS WITH CRADLEPOINT 3-YEAR SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE AND NETCLOUD MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY TO THE CITY NETWORK FROM STEP CG, LLC THROUGH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE CONTRACT # 47QTCA19D00MM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $54,968.82 https://redondo.legistar1.com/redondo/meetings/2022/12/1466_A_City_Council_22-12-06_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/redondo/2022/#m572008 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3285 3285 Cradlepoint Porterville CA 2025-11-04 R1900-5GB routers (purchase) 28864.0 Re: Consideration to approve the purchase of thirteen (13) Cradlepoint R1900-5GB routers and three -year NetCloud Mobile Performance Essentials Plans from CDW Government (CDW-G) in an amount not to exceed $28,864.00 under Sourcewell Contract No. 121923 - CDWG. https://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/2025_11_04%20Agenda%20Face%20Sheet.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-ci.porterville.ca.us/#m578725 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3564 3564 Cradlepoint San Pablo CA 2023-12-18 mobile routers (accept and appropriate funds) 14922.0 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $14,922 IN FUNDS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE 2023 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR CONTINUED SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR TWENTY CRADLEPOINT MOBILE ROUTERS TO SUPPORT EXISTING SAN PABLO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. http://sanpablo.legistar1.com/sanpablo/meetings/2023/12/1392_M_City_Council_23-12-18_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sanpablo/2023/#m350542 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 CA
3565 3565 Cradlepoint San Pablo CA 2023-11-20 mobile routers subscription (accept and appropriate funds for continued subscription services) 14922.0 CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $14,922 IN FUNDS TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE 2023 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR CONTINUED SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR TWENTY CRADLEPOINT MOBILE ROUTERS TO SUPPORT EXISTING SAN PABLO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. http://sanpablo.legistar1.com/sanpablo/meetings/2023/11/1390_M_City_Council_23-11-20_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sanpablo/2023/#m350535 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 CA

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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);