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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13 rows where state = "MI" and vendor = "Flock Group, Inc." 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
1880 1880 Flock Group, Inc. Macomb County MI 2023-11-08 approve agreement 423250.0 e) Agreement: Flock Group, Inc. - Automatic License Plate Detection Cameras ($423,250) / Steven Briney, Captain https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=18824,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2023/#m740088 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1881 1881 Flock Group, Inc. Macomb County MI 2023-11-27 approve agreement 423250.0 Agreement: Flock Group, Inc. - Automatic License Plate Detection Cameras ($423,250) https://macombcomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=19053,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/macombcomi/2023/#m740099 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1884 1884 Flock Group, Inc. Saginaw County MI 2024-07-08 Approve the five-year lease 229050.0 Approve the five-year lease with Flock Group, Inc., a sole source, for $229,050 for a Flock Safety Intersection Surveillance System for the Police Department. https://saginawmi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1035,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/saginawmi/2024/#m746271 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1885 1885 Flock Group, Inc. Saginaw County MI 2024-07-22 approve lease 229050.0 Approve the five-year lease with Flock Group, Inc., a sole source, for $229,050 for a Flock Safety Intersection Surveillance System for the Police Department. https://saginawmi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1038,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/saginawmi/2024/#m746274 flock stated 2 0 0 MI
2188 2188 Flock Group, Inc. Taylor MI 2022-12-13 approve entering into a two-year agreement 160500.0 Motion to approve entering into a two-year agreement with Flock Group, Inc. for a cost not to exceed $160,500 ($85,500 for the first year and $75,000 for each recurring year). https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12132022-508 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/2022/#m1393337 flock ceiling 1 0 0 MI
1886 1886 Flock Group, Inc. Saginaw County MI 2025-04-21 approve the purchase 152950.0 Approve the purchase with Flock Group, Inc. for $152,950 with installment payments set at $35,350 for FY 2025 and pending budget approval $29,400 annually for FY 2026 through FY 2029, for a Flock Safety Intersection Surveillance System for the Police Department. https://saginawmi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1074,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/saginawmi/2025/#m746372 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1809 1809 Flock Group, Inc. Carson City MI 2026-04-16 renew 122500.0 Discussion and possible action regarding a proposed 2-year renewal agreement between Carson City and Flock Group, Inc. for the continued provision of license plate recognition technology and related services for the Carson City Sheriff's Office in the amount $122,500 per year for a total of $245,000, and authorization for the Sheriff to execute the renewal agreement. https://carsoncity.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=2864 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-carsoncity/#m593150 flock proposed 1 0 0 MI
2189 2189 Flock Group, Inc. Taylor MI 2024-09-03 approve entering into a two-year agreement 101250.0 To approve entering into a two (2) year agreement with Flock Group, Inc., for a cost not to exceed $101,250 for the first year and $81,000 for the second year, funded through ARPA. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09032024-733 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/2024/#m1393367 flock ceiling 2 0 0 MI
2190 2190 Flock Group, Inc. Taylor MI 2024-08-20 approve entering into a two-year agreement 101250.0 To approve entering into a two (2) year agreement with Flock Group, Inc., for a cost not to exceed $101,250 for the first year and $81,000 for the second year, funded through ARPA. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08202024-731 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/2024/#m1393368 flock ceiling 2 0 0 MI
1875 1875 Flock Group, Inc. Lenawee County MI 2025-07-08 recommend a 2-year contract 55050.0 Motion by Van Doren, seconded by Blanco to recommend a 2-year contract with Flock Group, Inc for $55,050 to the Board of Commissioners. https://lenaweecomi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5255,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lenaweecomi/2025/#m736737 flock recommended 1 0 0 MI
2079 2079 Flock Group, Inc. New Baltimore MI 2026-01-26 approve 30000.0 Flock Group, Inc. $30,000.00 — Annual Fee for Police & LDFA https://www.cityofnewbaltimore.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01262026-1380 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnewbaltimore.org/#m1269068 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
1887 1887 Flock Group, Inc. Saginaw County MI 2025-06-23 approve the purchase 28800.0 Approve the purchase with Flock Group, Inc. for $28,800 for FY26, and pending budget approval, $28,800 annually for FY27 through FY30, for a Flock Safety Intersection Surveillance System for the Police Department. https://saginawmi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1082,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/saginawmi/2025/#m746393 flock stated 1 0 0 MI
2300 2300 Flock Group, Inc. Wayne MI 2025-07-15 approve purchase 24800.0 it was resolved to approve the Police Department's purchase of eight (8) Flock Cameras from Flock Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA, in the amount of $24,800.00 per year for two years to be paid from the Police Department’s Capital Outlay Budget and partial reimbursement from Justice Assistance Grants. https://www.cityofwayne.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07152025-363 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwayne.com/2025/#m1548770 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);