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 = "MO" 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
2191 2191 Flock Safety Olivette MO 2023-07-25 authorize the City Manager to enter into a three-year contract 55400.0 Council Member Knox made a motion to authorize the City Manager to enter into a three-year contract with Flock Safety for the lease of six (6) license plate reader cameras, not to exceed $55,400, subject to the review of the contract by the City Attorney. https://www.olivettemo.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07252023-1292 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/olivettemo.com/2023/#m1394891 flock ceiling 1 0 0 MO
2074 2074 Flock Safety St. Joseph MO 2024-05-06 budget 52200.0 Addition of Safety Flock System at $52,200. https://www.stjosephmo.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05062024-2876 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/stjosephmo.gov/2024/#m1215673 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
1512 1512 Flock Safety Lake St. Louis MO 2026-05-18 budgeted 50000.0 LPR (3 additional Flock cameras) $50,000 $54,200 https://www.lakesaintlouis.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-1357 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lakesaintlouis.com/#m21004 flock stated 1 1 0 MO
1514 1514 Flock Safety Overland MO 2026-04-27 proposed budget 38000.0 o Flock Cameras: $38,000 https://www.overlandmo.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04272026-845 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/overlandmo.org/#m23411 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
2122 2122 Flock Safety Bridgeton MO 2023-11-01 budget 20000.0 Flock Camera annual increase for fourteen cameras is $20,000.00 https://www.bridgetonmo.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11012023-609 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bridgetonmo.com/#m1315490 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
1695 1695 Flock Safety Walnut Grove MO 2023-10-02 accept a grant 19950.0 A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a grant in the amount of $19,950 from the State of Missouri, Department of Public Safety for the purchase and installation of seven solar-powered Flock license plate recognition cameras; and amending the budget of the Police Department for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the amount of $19,950; and declaring that this bill qualifies as a one-reading bill pursuant to Charter Section 2.16(25). https://springfieldmo.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=6882,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/springfieldmo/2023/#m405269 flock stated 1 1 0 MO
2222 2222 Flock Safety Town and Country MO 2023-03-13 approve purchase 10700.0 Flock Safety - $10,700 - BOA approved purchase for 2 cameras along Topping Rd. https://www.town-and-country.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03132023-1302 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/town-and-country.org/2023/#m1453498 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
2292 2292 Flock Safety Manchester MO 2024-10-29 budget increase 10000.0 Aldermen Ottenad made the motion for the Police department to have a budget increase of $10,000 to add an additional 2 FLOCK cameras. https://www.manchestermo.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10292024-576 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/manchestermo.gov/2024/#m1545949 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);