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.

Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Data source: MyTown

4 rows where state = "MO" 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
2065 2065 Flock Group Inc. Blue Springs MO 2023-05-01 approve contract 148350.0 Resolution No. 22-2023 approving a five-year contract with one automatic two-year renewal with Flock Group Inc. in the amount not to exceed $148,350 annually for video and audio services, software and cameras https://www.bluespringsgov.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05012023-2158 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bluespringsgov.com/2023/#m1203331 flock ceiling 1 0 0 MO
2066 2066 Flock Group Inc. Blue Springs MO 2025-11-03 approve amendment 60000.0 Resolution No. 87-2025 approving an Amendment in the amount of $60,000.00 with Flock Group Inc. for camera and software purchase and installation for Contract No. 2023-082 https://www.bluespringsgov.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11032025-2664 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bluespringsgov.com/2025/#m1203423 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
2067 2067 Flock Group Inc. Blue Springs MO 2025-10-20 approving an Amendment 60000.0 Resolution No. 87-2025 approving an Amendment in the amount of $60,000.00 with Flock Group Inc. for camera and software purchase and installation for Contract No. 2023-082 https://www.bluespringsgov.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10202025-2661 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bluespringsgov.com/2025/#m1203424 flock stated 2 0 0 MO
2293 2293 Flock Group Inc. Manchester MO 2023-03-20 approve contract 17100.0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK GROUP INC. TO PROVIDE ALL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND MONITORING OF SIX (6) ADDITIONAL FLOCK FALCON CAMERAS AT A TOTAL COST OF SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($17,100.00) FOR THE INITIAL TERM PLUS INSTALLATION AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) PER YEAR THEREAFTER AND EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR TWO (2) EXISITNG CAMERAS AT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000) PER YEAR https://www.manchestermo.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03202023-474 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/manchestermo.gov/2023/#m1546045 flock stated 1 0 0 MO

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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);