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 = "Idemia" 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
2548 2548 Idemia Elizabeth NJ 2025-04-22 live scan system (award contract) 26906.0 Letter dated April 7, 2025, from the Business Administrator recommending awarding a contract to Idemia Identity and Security USA, LLC, 296 Concord Road, Suite 300, Billerica, MA for the purchase of a live scan system, duplex black and white fingerprint card printer, and maintenance for the Elizabeth Police Department at a total cost of $26,906.00. https://www.elizabethnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04222025-425 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/elizabethnj.org/2025/#m1522951 sv:face:idemia recommended 1 0 0 NJ
3153 3153 Idemia Cumberland County NJ 2023-09-26 Live Scan system (purchase) 25758.0 Resolution Authorizing Purchase From New Jersey State Contract Vendor For Live Scan System, Maintenance And Printer For The Prosecutor's Office In Accordance With New Jersey State Contract No. 18-TELE-00671 (T3083) (Idemia Identity & Security USA) ($25,758.00) https://cumberlandcountynj.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/507 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cumberlandcountynj/#m684853 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 NJ
2532 2532 Idemia Gloucester County NJ 2023-04-19 biometrics services (award contract) 25453.0 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PURCHASES FROM IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC VIA STATE CONTRACT FROM APRIL 19, 2023 TO APRIL 18, 2024 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $25,453.00. https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04192023-261 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gloucestercountynj.gov/2023/#m1541750 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 NJ
2538 2538 Idemia Roseland NJ 2023-05-02 print live scan system (authorize purchase) 21532.0 Resolution No. 165-2023 authorizing the use of State Contract 18-TELE-00671to purchase a print live scan system from Idemia Identity & Security USA, Inc. for the police department at a cost of $21,532.00 https://www.roselandnj.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05022023-56 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/roselandnj.org/2023/#m1540230 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 NJ
2740 2740 Idemia Point Pleasant Beach NJ 2025-08-19 Live Scan contract (purchase) 3900.0 Approval of PO to IDEMIA for Live Scan contract for the PD ($3,900) https://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08192025-425 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pointpleasantbeach.org/2025/#m1282783 sv:face:idemia stated 1 0 0 NJ
2741 2741 Idemia Point Pleasant Beach NJ 2024-12-03 Live Scan upgrade (approve payment) 3765.0 Approval of payment to IDEMIA for Live Scan upgrade for the Police Dept ($3,765.99) https://www.pointpleasantbeach.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12032024-310 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pointpleasantbeach.org/2024/#m1282507 sv:face:idemia 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);