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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4 rows where state = "CA" and vendor = "Tyler Technologies (public 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
3039 3039 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Mariposa County CA 2023-09-19 jail management software (approve contract) 638081.0 Approve an Agreement with Tyler Technologies in the Amount of $638,081 for Jail Management Software; and Authorize the Board of Supervisors Chair to Sign the Agreement https://mariposacoca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=937,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mariposacoca/2023/#m743704 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 CA
3327 3327 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Long Beach CA 2026-07-21 e-citation system (amend contract) 425903.0 to amend Contract No. 36019 with Tyler Technologies, Inc., of College Station, TX, for providing an Electronic Citation Data Collection System, to extend the term of the contract for one additional one-year period to September 14, 2027, at the current annual contract amount of $405,622, with a 5 percent contingency of 20,281, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $425,903. https://longbeach.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/110521 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/longbeach/#m562772 sv:rms:tyler_ps ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3522 3522 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Roseville CA 2022-07-20 eCitation printers (purchase) 96154.0 Staff requests Council approve a purchase order with Tyler Technologies Inc., for the purchase of Zebra Bluetooth mobile printers and related accessories for the Brazos (now known as Enforcement Mobile) eCitation software in the amount of $96,154. https://rosevilleca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5987,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rosevilleca/2022/#m428551 sv:rms:tyler_ps stated 1 0 0 CA
3037 3037 Tyler Technologies (public safety) Mariposa County CA 2024-10-01 Jail Management Software (amend) 33485.0 Approve First Amendment to Agreement with Tyler Technologies Increasing the Amount by $33,485, for a New Amount Not to Exceed $672,286, for the Jail Management Software; and Authorize the Board of Supervisors Chair to Sign the Amendment https://mariposacoca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2265,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mariposacoca/2024/#m743961 sv:rms:tyler_ps ceiling 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);