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 = "OK" 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
2125 2125 Flock Safety Ardmore OK 2025-08-04 renewal 70000.0 Consideration and Possible Action for the Renewal of the Flock Safety Audio Detection System and Supplemental License Plate Readers for the Ardmore Police Department by and between the City of Ardmore and Flock Safety from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in the Total Amount of $70,000.00 https://www.ardmorecity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08042025-1812 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ardmorecity.org/2025/#m1327264 flock stated 1 0 0 OK
2127 2127 Flock Safety Ardmore OK 2024-06-17 approve contract 70000.0 Consideration and Possible Action for the Ardmore Police Department to Enter into a Purchasing Agreement with Flock Safety a Sole Source Vendor for an Audio Detection System and Supplemental License Plate Readers in the Total Amount of $70,000.00 Annually and Approval or Rejection of Any Amendments Proposed and Considered by the City Commission at the Meeting https://www.ardmorecity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172024-1648 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ardmorecity.org/2024/#m1327513 flock proposed 1 0 0 OK
1498 1498 Flock Safety Ardmore OK 2026-06-01 renewal of year one of a two-year agreement 61500.0 Consideration and Possible Action of the Renewal of Year One of a Two -Year Agreement by and between the City of Ardmore and Flock Safety, a Sole Source Provider, for Automated License Plate Reader Services, Effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, in an Annual Amount of $61,500.00 https://www.ardmorecity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-1927 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ardmorecity.org/#m11316 flock stated 1 0 0 OK
2126 2126 Flock Safety Ardmore OK 2025-05-19 consideration and possible action of the Year Two (2) Installment of the Contract Services Agreement 61500.0 Consideration and Possible Action of the Year Two (2) Installment of the Contract Services Agreement by and between the City of Ardmore and Flock Safety a Sole Source Provider for an Enhanced License Plate Reader System for the Ardmore Police Department in the Total Amount of $61,500.00 and Approval or Rejection of Any Amendments Proposed and Considered by the City Commission at the Meeting https://www.ardmorecity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05192025-1782 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ardmorecity.org/2025/#m1327269 flock proposed 1 0 0 OK
2356 2356 Flock Safety Edmond OK 2025-11-24 approve budget amendment for supplemental appropriation 35485.0 Consideration of Approval of a Budget Amendment for a Supplemental Appropriation from the Police Public Safety Limited Tax Fund (PPSLTF) Restricted Reserves to the Police Public Safety Limited Tax Fund (PPSLTF) Budget for Contract Services to Fund the Flock Safety Agreement; $35,485.16. https://public.destinyhosted.com/edmondocs/2025/CC/20251124_30712/30711_CC%20and%20PWA%20Minutes%2011-24-25.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/aq-33666/2025/#m6753771 flock stated 1 0 0 OK

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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);