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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4 rows where state = "MS" 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
3899 3899 Genetec Pearl MS 2026-05-05 door access and camera system (approve RFP bid) 332960.0 Order to approve and accept the RFP bid from Evolution Technologies for additions to existing Genetec door access and camera system in the amount of $ 332,960.00. https://pearlms.legistar1.com/pearlms/meetings/2026/5/1083_M_Mayor_and_Board_of_Aldermen_26-05-05_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pearlms/#m6401 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MS
3609 3609 Genetec Pearl MS 2025-07-01 door access and camera system (award bid) 157243.0 Order to approve and accept the RFP bid by Evolution Technologies for additions to existing Genetec door access and camera system, for Parks & Recreation and Public Works, in the amount of $157,243.00. (IT) https://pearlms.legistar1.com/pearlms/meetings/2025/7/1057_M_Mayor_and_Board_of_Aldermen_25-07-01_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pearlms/2025/#m331838 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MS
3949 3949 Genetec Starkville MS 2025-10-21 Stratocast camera storage (renew) 31447.0 REQUEST APPROVAL TO PROVIDE A MIGRATION PATH FROM GENETEC STRATOCAST TO GENETEC SAAS WITH CONVERGINT AS THE SELLER FOR THE YEARLY RENEWAL OF GENETEC STRATOCAST CAMERA STORAGE AND MONITORING SOFRWARE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAMERAS AT A TOTAL COST OF $31,447.69. https://www.cityofstarkville.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10212025-1038 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofstarkville.org/2025/#m1574326 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MS
3612 3612 Genetec Pearl MS 2023-09-19 Door Access Control equipment (purchase) 14371.0 Request to approve the purchase of Genetec Door Access Control equipment from United Automation to include installation and programming in the amount of $14,371.00 for the Senior Services building. This is a budgeted item. Quotes obtained. https://pearlms.legistar1.com/pearlms/meetings/2023/9/992_M_Mayor_and_Board_of_Aldermen_23-09-19_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pearlms/2023/#m331792 sv:alpr:genetec stated 1 0 0 MS

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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);