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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3 rows where state = "NJ" 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
1970 1970 Flock Group, Inc. Lodi NJ 2026-07-15 adopt resolution authorizing city manager to execute amendment no. 2 to professional services agreement 565200.0 Adopted Resolution No. 2023-289 authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Flock Group, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, extending the term of the agreement to five years with a two-year option to renew, in the amount of $565,200. https://www.lodi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152026-2053 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/lodi.gov/#m833429 flock stated 2 0 0 NJ
2276 2276 Flock Group, Inc. Elizabeth NJ 2025-01-14 award contract 110000.0 Letter dated January 3, 2025, from the Business Administrator recommending awarding a contract to Flock Group, Inc., 1170 Howell Mill Road, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA for the purchase and maintenance of Proprietary Software, Data Storage and the use of 39 additional Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Cameras and Extended Date Retention for three (3) years for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 in the amount of $110,000.00; in addition, to authorizing the proper City officials to execute any documents in connection with this award in the amount of $110,000.00. https://www.elizabethnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01142025-403 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/elizabethnj.org/2025/#m1522958 flock recommended 1 0 0 NJ
2275 2275 Flock Group, Inc. Elizabeth NJ 2022-07-26 awarding a contract 74900.0 Letter dated June 29, 2022, from the Business Administrator recommending awarding a contract to Flock Group, Inc., 1170 Howell Mill Rd. NW, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA for the purchase and maintenance of proprietary software, data storage and the use of fourteen (14) additional Automatic License Plate Recognition Cameras for a period of two (2) years to be paid annually from the date of the award in the amount of $74,900.00. https://www.elizabethnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07262022-299 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/elizabethnj.org/2022/#m1522924 flock recommended 1 0 0 NJ

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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);