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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6 rows where state = "MI" and vendor = "Genetec" 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
2859 2859 Genetec Detroit MI 2023-09-13 Master Contract extension (amend) 2500000.0 Contract No. 6002780 -A1 - 100% City Funding – AMEND 1 – To Provide an Extension of Time Only for the Genetec Master Contract. – Contractor: Shaw Systems & Integration – Location: 22100 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48033 – Previous Contract Period: July 13, 2020 through July 31 , 2023 – Amended Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval through July 31, 2024 – Contract Increase Amount: $0.00 – Total Contract Amount: $2,500,000.00. https://pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=120534 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-detroitmi/#m917680 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MI
2855 2855 Genetec Detroit MI 2025-01-14 Genetec system maintenance (approve contract) 750000.0 Contract No. 6006356 - 100% City Funding – To Provide as needed Preventive Maintenance & Installation Services to Existing City of Detroit Genetec Systems. – Contractor: Accurate Networks, LLC – Location: 951 W. Freeport Road, Freeport, MI 49325 – Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval for a Period of Three (3) Years – Total Contract Amount: $750,000.00. https://pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=208908 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-detroitmi/2025/#m918074 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MI
2856 2856 Genetec Detroit MI 2025-01-07 Genetec system maintenance (amend) 750000.0 Contract No. 6006357 - 100% City Funding – To Provide as needed Preventive Maintenance & Installation Services to Existing City of Detroit Genetec Systems. – Contractor: Shaw Systems & Integration – Location: 22100 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48033 – Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval through December 9, 2027 – Total Contract Amount: $750,000.00. DoIT https://pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=198457 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-detroitmi/2025/#m918051 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MI
2857 2857 Genetec Detroit MI 2025-02-12 Genetec system maintenance (amend) 750000.0 Contract No. 6006358 - 100% City Funding – To Provide as needed Preventive Maintenance & Installation Services to Existing City of Detroit Genetec Systems. – Contractor: Nerds Xpress, LLC – Location: 440 Burroughs Street, Suite 607, Detroit, MI 48202. – Contract Period: Upon City Council Approval through January 27, 2028 – Total Contract Amou nt: $750,000.00. https://pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=203220 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-detroitmi/#m918033 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MI
2631 2631 Genetec Taylor MI 2024-03-05 Genetec license renewal (renew) 13466.0 Resolved: To approve DACentral, emergency purchase, for Genetec License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $13,466. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03052024-585 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/2024/#m1393380 sv:alpr:genetec ceiling 1 0 0 MI
2632 2632 Genetec Taylor MI 2024-03-19 Genetec license renewal (renew) 13466.0 Resolved: To approve DACentral, emergency purchase, for Genetec License Renewal, in an amount not to exceed $13,466. https://www.cityoftaylor.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03192024-597 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftaylor.com/2024/#m1393379 sv:alpr:genetec ceiling 2 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);