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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5 rows where state = "MS" and vendor = "Magnet Forensics" 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
3543 3543 Magnet Forensics Vicksburg MS 2024-11-25 digital forensics system (purchase) 41595.0 Ratify Number 2501256, in the amount of $41,595.00 written to Magnet Forensics, LLC for Digital Forensics System for the Police Department pursuant to Section 31-7-13 (m) (viii) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated which allows sole source purchases https://vicksburg-ms.legistar1.com/vicksburg-ms/meetings/2024/11/1580_M_Board_of_Mayor_and_Aldermen_24-11-25_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/vicksburg-ms/2024/#m362371 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MS
2936 2936 Magnet Forensics Rankin County MS 2025-09-02 AXIOM Tasers software (renew) 6720.0 Approval of renewal of Magnet Forensics for AXIOM Tasers for the Sheriff’s Department and authority to issue check in the amount of $6,720.00 https://rankincoms.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2041,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rankincoms/2025/#m806298 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MS
2941 2941 Magnet Forensics Rankin County MS 2024-05-15 training passes (authorize payment) 6495.0 Authority to pay annual training passes in the amount of $6,495.00 for James Rayborn to take classes through Magnet Forensics, which specializes in phone data extractions, and authority to attend the GK 200 Class on June 18 - 21, 2024, In Gulfport, MS and authority to issue check and pay any travel related expenses https://rankincoms.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1864,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rankincoms/2024/#m806246 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MS
2942 2942 Magnet Forensics Rankin County MS 2024-04-15 training passes (pay) 6495.0 Authority to pay annual training passes in the amount of $6,495.00 each for David King and Zachary Cotton to take classes through Magnet Forensics, which specializes in phone data extractions, and authority for them to attend the GK 200 Class on June 18 - 21, 2024, in Gulfport, MS and authority to issue check and pay any travel related expenses https://rankincoms.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1855,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rankincoms/2024/#m806243 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 MS
2974 2974 Magnet Forensics Hancock County MS 2023-10-16 AXIOM/GrayKey software (approve contract) 4000.0 Motion to approve and authorize the Board President to sign the agreement with Magnet Forensics, in the amount $4,000.00 for a 1-year term. https://hancockcoms.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1852,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hancockcoms/#m792323 sv:forensics:magnet 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);