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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Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
2776 2776 L3Harris Pocatello ID 2023-06-15 vehicle simulator (award bid) 170900.0 award the bid for vehicle simulator to the highest scoring responsive bidder, L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $170,900.00 https://www.pocatello.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06152023-1500 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pocatello.us/2023/#m1246955 sv:intercept:l3harris stated 1 0 0 ID
2422 2422 Motorola Solutions Caribou County ID 2024-09-30 in-car video systems and body cameras (accept bid) 132820.0 Commissioner Somsen made a motion that Caribou County accepts the bid for Motorola Solutions Incorporated for 10 M500 in-car video systems, 1 deployment service and 19 body cameras for a total amount of $132,820. https://www.cariboucounty.us/CCM%2009-30-2024.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-cariboucounty.us/2024/#m7715917 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 ID
2421 2421 Motorola Solutions Caribou County ID 2024-08-26 body cameras (purchase) 99000.0 for 10 body cams and 1 in car system from Motorola it would cost a little over $99,000. https://www.cariboucounty.us/Commissioners/2024%20Minutes/CCM%2008-26-2024.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-cariboucounty.us/2024/#m7715920 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 ID
840 840 Axon Minidoka County ID 2026-06-22 Tasers 77022.0 Approved Axon taser contract renewal for $77,022.00 https://www.minidoka.id.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06222026-1160 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/minidoka.id.us/#m559762 axon stated 1 0 0 ID
940 940 Axon Kimberly ID 2023-09-26 body cameras 54118.62 The one-time fee is $55,841.10 less a one-time payment discount of 3.0845% (-$1,722.48) for a net onetime payment of, $54,118.62, due https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09262023-148 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofkimberly.org/#m1587595 axon stated 1 0 0 ID
1032 1032 Axon Washington County ID 2025-06-02 other 37632.6 Thomas discussed the Axon Enterprise Quote for a security system for the Annex Building in the amount of $37,632.60 total or payments $7,526.52 per year for 5 years. https://www.co.washington.id.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06022025-1222 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/co.washington.id.us/2025/#m1367954 axon stated 1 0 0 ID
2423 2423 Motorola Solutions Caribou County ID 2025-07-14 body cameras (amend) 34000.0 Jill also spoke about the Motorola support as it is also over budget currently and suggested raising it $34,000 a year to cover the contract for the body cameras that were previously approved. https://www.cariboucounty.us/Commissioners/2025%20Minutes/CCM%2007-14-2025.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-cariboucounty.us/2025/#m7715899 sv:motorola:motorola stated 1 0 0 ID
2323 2323 Flock Safety Kimberly ID 2025-09-09 approve the purchase 25000.0 Flock Safety – City monitor – traffic- life safety health – video system – 4 fixed locations in city limits = initial cost of $12,500.00 installed , including licensing for equipment for one year, plus $12,500.00 for the second year ending fiscal year 2027 , for a total cost of $25,000.00 . https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09092025-197 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofkimberly.org/#m1587664 flock stated 1 0 0 ID
2324 2324 Flock Safety Kimberly ID 2025-08-26 approve the purchase 25000.0 Council Member Tomlinson motioned to approve the purchase of the Flock Safety Monitor Video system. 4 fixed locations in city limits = initial cost of $12,500.00 installed , including licensing for equipment for one year, plus $12,500.00 for the second year ending fiscal year 2027 , for a total cost of $25,000.00 . https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08262025-196 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofkimberly.org/#m1587665 flock stated 1 0 0 ID
2559 2559 Berla Gooding County ID 2025-09-29 iVe forensic extraction (renew contracts) 23807.0 Detective Walker requested to use Opioid Funds to renew Cellebrite and Berla contracts and training for $23,807.50. https://www.goodingcounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09292025-838 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/goodingcounty.org/2025/#m1514055 sv:forensics:berla stated 1 0 0 ID
1877 1877 Flock Safety Twin Falls County ID 2024-03-04 allocate 12700.0 TFPD Lieutenant Garner requested to allocate $12,700 from contingency funds to supplement encumbered funds from FY2023 and budgeted FY2024 funds towards an agreement with Flock Safety for the continued use of 12 Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Flock Safety Falcon cameras. https://twinfallsid.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=12598,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/twinfallsid/2024/#m737544 flock stated 1 0 0 ID
2705 2705 RapidSOS Blaine County ID 2024-06-04 911 system upgrade (approve contract) 8100.0 McCleary moved, seconded by Mollineaux, to approve the agreement between RapidSOS and Blaine County in the amount of $8,100.00 for the subscription to RapidSOS Premium effective today and providing implementation is completed as outlined in the RapidSOS statement of work. https://www.blainecountyid.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06042024-1390 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/blainecountyid.gov/2024/#m1347231 sv:other:rapidsos stated 1 0 0 ID
2581 2581 Verkada Jefferson County ID 2026-02-02 guest access system (approve purchase) 8043.0 Motion to approve the purchase of Verkada solutions for the Sheriff's office for $8,043.20 using the remaining IOEM grant and the remainder from the IT department by Commissioner Young. https://www.co.jefferson.id.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02022026-463 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/co.jefferson.id.us/#m1464764 sv:camera:verkada stated 1 0 0 ID

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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);