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 = "NY" 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
2332 2332 Flock Group, Inc. Glen Cove NY 2026-06-23 authorize service agreement 25000.0 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a service agreement with Flock Group, Inc. for the use of one mobile security trailer and related camera equipment and software for an initial term of sixty (60) months at an annual cost of $25,000, with a thirty (30) day opt-out period after implementation date without penalty or fee. https://glencoveny.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1469,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/glencoveny/#m1823157 flock stated 1 0 0 NY
2077 2077 Flock Group, Inc. Steuben County NY 2026-01-05 renew 12000.0 Sheriff Allard requested authorization to renew the agreement with Flock for one year for the portable LPR’s (License Plate Readers) in the amount of $12,000 annually. https://www.steubencountyny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01052026-877 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/steubencountyny.gov/#m1259906 flock stated 1 0 0 NY
1567 1567 Flock Group, Inc. Elmira NY 2023-12-19 approve extension/renewal of agreement 2500.0 Receive communication from the City Manager and act on resolution approving the extension/renewal of the current Agreement between the City and Flock Group, Inc. under which Flock Group continues to provide Flock Safety/Security System at the current annual rate of $2,500.00 per camera per year through 2028 and authorizing the Mayor the execute any and all documents to effect the extension/renewal; said documents subject to Corporation Counsel approval. https://cityofelmira.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=89 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-cityofelmira/2023/#m163938 flock stated 1 0 0 NY

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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);