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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8 rows where state = "FL" 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
1653 1653 Flock Safety Miramar FL 2024-10-16 approve purchase 245900.0 Temp. Reso. #8228 approving the purchase of Flock Safety License Plate Recognition Cameras from Insight Public Sector, utilizing Omnia Partners Contract # 23-6692-03, in the amount of $ 245,900 in Fiscal Year 2025. https://miramar.legistar1.com/miramar/meetings/2024/10/1199_A_CITY_COMMISSION_REGULAR_MEETING_24-10-16_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/miramar/2024/#m319657 flock stated 1 0 0 FL
2359 2359 Flock Safety Fort Pierce FL 2026-03-10 approve 238400.0 FPRA Resolution 26-02 - Approval of Interlocal Agreement between the City of Fort Pierce and FPRA for the Purchase of Flock Safety Equipment not to exceed $238,400. https://public.destinyhosted.com/agenda_publish.cfm?id=36787&mt=ALL&get_month=3&get_year=2026&dsp=min&seq=4625 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-36787/#m6755215 flock ceiling 1 1 0 FL
1612 1612 Flock Safety Clearwater FL 2022-01-18 approve an agreement 200000.0 Approve an agreement between the City of Clearwater and Flock Safety of Atlanta, Georgia, for License Plate Reader (LPR) equipment, monitoring and maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, to commence upon execution of the contract and expire four calendar years after the execution date, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2022/1/2325_A_Council_Work_Session_22-01-18_Work_Session_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2022/#m260499 flock ceiling 1 0 0 FL
1613 1613 Flock Safety Clearwater FL 2022-01-20 approve agreement 200000.0 Approve an agreement between the City of Clearwater and Flock Safety of Atlanta, Georgia, for License Plate Reader (LPR) equipment, monitoring and maintenance, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, to commence upon execution of the contract and expire four calendar years after the execution date, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2022/1/2379_A_City_Council_22-01-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2022/#m260503 flock ceiling 2 0 0 FL
2131 2131 Flock Safety Panama City FL 2023-10-24 enter a new five-year contract 157500.0 Consideration to enter a new five-year contract with Flock Safety for the City of Panama City ’s License Plate Readers. The cost for the current cameras is $157,500.00 annually. https://www.pcgov.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10242023-645 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pcgov.org/2023/#m1335677 flock stated 1 1 0 FL
1524 1524 Flock Safety Winter Park FL 2023-09-13 approve contract 37500.0 Flock Safety - FY23-65 - Flock Safety Platform; For services during the basis of the term through October 1, 2028; Amount: $37,500 https://winterpark.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=1273 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-winterpark/#m52111 flock stated 1 0 0 FL
2247 2247 Flock Safety West Melbourne FL 2023-11-14 approve revised agreement 30000.0 Revised five -year agreement with Flock Safety in an annual amount of $30,000.00, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City. https://www.westmelbourne.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11142023-442 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/westmelbourne.org/2023/#m1480745 flock stated 1 0 0 FL
2248 2248 Flock Safety West Melbourne FL 2023-09-06 approve a five-year agreement 27500.0 Approve a five-year agreement with Flock Safety in an annual amount of $27,500.00, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City. https://www.westmelbourne.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09062023-426 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/westmelbourne.org/2023/#m1480751 flock stated 1 0 0 FL

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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);