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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11 rows where state = "MI" and vendor = "Flock" 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
1876 1876 Flock Lenawee County MI 2025-07-09 approve the implementation of the FLOCK LPR for a 2-yr pilot contract 55050.0 Comm. Tillotson moved to approve the implementation of the FLOCK LPR for a 2-yr pilot contract for a total of $55,050, from the CJ Allocation Fund and authorize Chair Van Doren to sign the agreement, Comm. Blanco seconded, Motion CARRIED by the following Roll Call Vote: YEAS (6) Comm. Aungst, Blanco, Daly, Stimpson, Tillotson, Van Doren. NAYS (2) Comm. Martis, Kransy. ABSENT (1): Comm. Collins. https://lenaweecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5275,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lenaweecomi/2025/#m736738 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1874 1874 Flock Lenawee County MI 2025-05-01 recommend approval of implementation 29800.0 Motion by Commissioner Aungst, Second by Commissioner Krasny to recommend to approve implementation of FLOCK LPR for $29,800 from Criminal Justice Allocation to Personnel/Ways & Means Committee. https://lenaweecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5070,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lenaweecomi/2025/#m736692 flock recommended 1 0 0 MI
1960 1960 Flock Charlotte MI 2025-04-24 budget 25000.0 “Flock” Additional Cameras Review ($25,000) https://charlottemi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1227,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/charlottemi/2025/#m822293 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1983 1983 Flock Lapeer MI 2025-09-15 postpone 21900.0 Approve the purchase of the Flock Camera System for the amount not to exceed $21,900 for the first year of the contract and the annual cost of $18,000 for the following year, and authorize the Chief of Police to sign the necessary documents. https://www.ci.lapeer.mi.us/CC%20Minutes/09-15-2025%20Regularl.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-ci.lapeer.mi.us/2025/#m843730 flock ceiling 1 0 0 MI
1904 1904 Flock Fraser MI 2023-04-13 budget 20000.0 20,000 FLOCK CAMERAS https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3019,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m759999 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1905 1905 Flock Fraser MI 2023-04-13 budget 20000.0 20,000 FLOCK CAMERAS https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3253,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m760000 flock stated 2 0 0 MI
1906 1906 Flock Fraser MI 2023-05-04 budgeted 20000.0 101-301-972.000 Flock Cameras $20,000 https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3028,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m760006 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1907 1907 Flock Fraser MI 2023-05-04 budgeted 20000.0 101-301-972.000 Flock Cameras $20,000 https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3260,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m760008 flock stated 2 0 0 MI
1908 1908 Flock Fraser MI 2023-05-11 budget 20000.0 20,000 FLOCK CAMERAS https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3043,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m760013 flock stated 3 0 0 MI
1909 1909 Flock Fraser MI 2023-05-11 budget 20000.0 20,000 FLOCK CAMERAS https://frasermi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3277,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frasermi/2023/#m760014 flock stated 4 0 0 MI
2087 2087 Flock New Baltimore MI 2025-05-12 approve the request 7500.0 Motion by Hayman, second by Harvey to approve the request from Randy Blackburn, Police Chief, for approval of the FlockCameraagreement in the amount of $7,500.00 for one year for 2 PTZCamerasin downtown funded by the DDA. https://www.cityofnewbaltimore.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05122025-1281 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnewbaltimore.org/2025/#m1269348 flock stated 1 0 0 MI

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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);