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 = "California" and vendor = "Idemia" sorted by amount descending

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  • Idemia · 9 ✖

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  • California · 9 ✖

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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
2401 2401 Idemia Oceanside California 2026-06-23 Livescan/biometric stations (amend) 450646.0 Approve amendment 10 to contract MA-060-18010732 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations, equipment, accessories, supplies, software and maintenance, 8/22/26 - 8/21/27 ($450,646; cumulative total $3,866,755); and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5636 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/#m17167189 sv:face:idemia stated 1 1 0 CA
2393 2393 Idemia Oceanside California 2025-04-08 Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations (amend) 421904.0 Approve amendment 9 to renew contract MA-060-18010732 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations, equipment, accessories, supplies, software and maintenance, 8/22/25 - 8/21/26 ($421,904; cumulative total $3,416,109); renewable for one additional one-year term; and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5410 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2025/#m17167236 sv:face:idemia stated 1 1 0 CA
2394 2394 Idemia Oceanside California 2025-04-08 Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations (amend) 421904.0 Approve amendment 9 to renew contract MA-060-18010732 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations, equipment, accessories, supplies, software and maintenance, 8/22/25 - 8/21/26 ($421,904; cumulative total $3,416,109); renewable for one additional one-year term; and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5412 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2025/#m17167235 sv:face:idemia stated 2 1 0 CA
2387 2387 Idemia Oceanside California 2024-07-23 Livescan/Biometric Capture (amend) 394610.0 Approve amendment 8 to renew contract MA-060-18010732 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations, equipment, accessories, supplies, software and maintenance, 8/22/24 - 8/21/25 ($394,610; cumulative total $2,994,205); and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5187 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2024/#m17167269 sv:face:idemia stated 1 1 0 CA
2388 2388 Idemia Oceanside California 2024-07-23 Livescan/Biometric Capture (amend) 394610.0 Approve amendment 8 to renew contract MA-060-18010732 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for Livescan/Biometric Capture Stations, equipment, accessories, supplies, software and maintenance, 8/22/24 - 8/21/25 ($394,610; cumulative total $2,994,205); and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5188 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2024/#m17167268 sv:face:idemia stated 2 1 0 CA
2399 2399 Idemia Oceanside California 2025-12-02 ABIS maintenance (amend) 292420.0 Approve amendment 5 to contract MA-060-21010012 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for maintenance of Automated Biometric Identification System, 1/27/26 - 1/26/27 ($292,420); renewable for one additional one-year term; and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - District 2 https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5552 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/#m17167205 sv:face:idemia stated 1 1 0 CA
2400 2400 Idemia Oceanside California 2025-12-02 ABIS maintenance (amend) 292420.0 Approve amendment 5 to contract MA-060-21010012 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for maintenance of Automated Biometric Identification System, 1/27/26 - 1/26/27 ($292,420); renewable for one additional one-year term; and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - District 2 https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5555 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/#m17167204 sv:face:idemia stated 2 1 0 CA
2389 2389 Idemia Oceanside California 2024-12-03 ABIS maintenance (amend) 247116.0 Approve amendment 4 to contract MA-060-21010012 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for maintenance of Automated Biometric Identification Services, 1/27/25 - 1/26/26 ($247,116); and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5293 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2024/#m17167252 sv:face:idemia stated 1 1 0 CA
2390 2390 Idemia Oceanside California 2024-12-03 ABIS maintenance (amend) 247116.0 Approve amendment 4 to contract MA-060-21010012 with Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC for maintenance of Automated Biometric Identification Services, 1/27/25 - 1/26/26 ($247,116); and authorize County Procurement Officer or Deputized designee to execute amendment - All Districts https://ocgov.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=5295 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ocgov/2024/#m17167251 sv:face:idemia stated 2 1 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);