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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6 rows where state = "NJ" 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
2383 2383 Flock Safety Pemberton NJ 2025-10-01 awarding a contract 167835.0 291-2025 Awarding a Contract for the Gun Detection System in the Sunbury Village Section of Pemberton Township from Flock Safety in the amount of $167,835.00. https://www.pemberton-twp.com/10-01-2025%20Regular%20Meeting%20Minutes%20e.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-pemberton-twp.com/#m24809987 flock stated 1 0 0 NJ
2094 2094 Flock Safety Woodbridge NJ 2024-11-12 authorize purchase of annual maintenance contract 57000.0 Resolution authorizing to purchase an annual Maintenance Contract with Flock Safety for twenty-two (22) Pole Cameras in an amount not to exceed $57,000.00. https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-1677 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/twp.woodbridge.nj.us/2024/#m1274891 flock ceiling 1 0 0 NJ
2095 2095 Flock Safety Woodbridge NJ 2024-11-12 authorize purchase of annual maintenance contract 57000.0 BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council of Woodbridge Township hereby authorizes the Resolution authorizing to purchase an annual Maintenance Contract with Flock Safety for twenty-two (22) Pole Cameras in an amount not to exceed $57,000.00. https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11122024-1687 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/twp.woodbridge.nj.us/2024/#m1274894 flock ceiling 2 0 0 NJ
2093 2093 Flock Safety Woodbridge NJ 2023-09-05 purchase 25000.0 Agreement — Flock Safety to purchase an annual Maintenance Contract for ten (10) Pole Cameras in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00. https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09052023-1454 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/twp.woodbridge.nj.us/2023/#m1274430 flock ceiling 1 0 0 NJ
2232 2232 Flock Safety Westfield NJ 2023-01-17 authorize payment 22500.0 payment of the annual cost of an ALPR program with Flock Safety, which totals $22,500, is hereby authorized https://www.westfieldnj.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01172023-684 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/westfieldnj.gov/2023/#m1467188 flock stated 1 0 0 NJ
1984 1984 Flock Safety Pemberton NJ 2026-03-18 approve purchase 6500.0 Police – Annual Subscription from Flock Safety in the total amount of $6,500.00. https://www.pemberton-twp.com/03-18-2026%20Regular%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rz-pemberton-twp.com/#m847192 flock stated 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);