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 = "KY" 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
1689 1689 Flock Safety Paducah KY 2024-07-23 Approve contract 64250.0 Approve contract with Flock Safety for license plate readers in the amount of $64,250 - B. LAIRD https://paducahky.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1741,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/paducahky/#m382308 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
1533 1533 Flock Safety Middletown KY 2026-03-02 rescind 50000.0 Approving that Resolution No. 15-26, as adopted on February 2, 2026, which resolution approved that Middletown Police Department and Middletown Fire Department to enter into contract with Flock Safety for the Flock Safety Drone as First Responder (DFR) program is an all-in-one, fully automated air support system that provides rapid responses to enhance the safety of the communities served by their First Responders at a cost of $50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) per year; that the Middletown Police Department and Middletown Fire Department share the annual contract cost, with $25,000 being paid by each Department; and that Mayor Eugene Nocera is authorized to sign any and all documents for this Flock Safety Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, subject to review and approval as to content and form by the Office of General Counsel, is hereby rescinded. https://middletown.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=3548 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-middletown/#m64823 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
1534 1534 Flock Safety Middletown KY 2026-02-02 approve contract 50000.0 Approving that Middletown Police Department and Middletown Fire Department to enter into contract with Flock Safety for the Flock Safety Drone as First Responder (DFR) program is an all-in-one, fully automated air support system that provides rapid responses to enhance the safety of the communities served by their First Responders at a cost of $50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) per year; https://middletown.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=3513 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-middletown/#m64844 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
2306 2306 Flock Safety Henderson County KY 2024-05-14 approved payment 27000.0 $27,000.00 Flock Safety (Sheriff flock cameras) https://www.hendersoncountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05142024-424 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hendersoncountyky.gov/#m1567257 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
2325 2325 Flock Safety Logan County KY 2024-07-23 approve the quote 24000.0 On motion of Jason Harper duly seconded by Anne Crawford to approve the quote from Flock Safety for four Flock Safety Falcon stationary traffic cameras and two Flock Safety Falcon Flex mobile traffic cameras for the Logan County Sheriff’s Department at a total cost of $24,000.00. https://www.logancountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07232024-21 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/logancountyky.gov/2024/#m1589911 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
2313 2313 Flock Safety Boyle County KY 2025-08-12 approve contract 21000.0 Sheriff Taylor Bottom discussed Flock Safety cameras. This is a two-year contract, with $21,000.00 due this year and $21,000.00 due next year. https://www.boylecountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08122025-168 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/boylecountyky.gov/2025/#m1572864 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
1648 1648 Flock Safety Louisville KY 2022-10-19 appropriated 11400.0 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $11,400 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MONITORING OF FOUR FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS IN DISTRICT 23. https://legistar2.granicus.com/louisville/meetings/2022/10/10184_M_Appropriations_Committee_22-10-19_Action_Summary.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/louisville/2022/#m303778 flock stated 1 0 0 KY
1649 1649 Flock Safety Louisville KY 2022-10-27 appropriating 11400.0 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $11,400 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MONITORING OF FOUR FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS IN DISTRICT 23. https://legistar2.granicus.com/louisville/meetings/2022/10/10215_M_Metro_Council_22-10-27_Action_Summary.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/louisville/2022/#m303790 flock stated 2 0 0 KY

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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);