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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8 rows where state = "ON" 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
4058 4058 Redflex Niagara Region ON 2024-04-25 speed enforcement cameras (renew) 1863835.0 That the Commissioner of Public Works BE AUTHORIZED to enter an extension of the agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems (Canada) Limited, in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal and Court Services, for an extended term of approximately 60 months from date of execution, in the amount of an upset limit of $1,863,835 (including 13% HST). https://pub-niagararegion.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=37671 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-niagararegion/#m960260 sv:photo_enforce:redflex estimated 1 0 0 ON
4059 4059 Redflex Niagara Region ON 2024-04-09 ASE program extension (amend) 1863835.0 That the Commissioner of Public Works BE AUTHORIZED to enter an extension of the agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems (Canada) Limited, in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal and Court Services, for an extended term of approximately 60 months from date of execution, in the amount of an upset limit of $1,863,835 (including 13% HST). https://pub-niagararegion.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=37139 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-niagararegion/#m960256 sv:photo_enforce:redflex estimated 2 0 0 ON
199 199 Axon Ottawa ON 2024-03-25 Evidence.com 1106622.27 e Chief of Police to sign a contract for Digital Evidence Information Management System licences required to operationalize the Axon Evidence.com Digital Evidence Information Management System, for the amount of $1,106,622.27 before applicable taxes. https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=174304 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-ottawa/#m904562 axon stated 1 0 0 ON
3802 3802 Jenoptik Peel Region ON 2026-06-25 red-light camera program (amend) 350000.0 That the contract (Document 2017-051P) for Peel’s red-light camera program, awarded to Jenoptik Smart Mobility Solutions LLC (formerly Traffipax LLC), be extended for a period of six-months ending June 30, 2027, in the estimated amount of $350,000 (excluding applicable taxes), pursuant to Procurement By-law 45-2023, as amended; https://pub-peelregion.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=46646 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-peelregion/#m184153 sv:alpr:jenoptik estimated 1 0 0 ON
2850 2850 L3Harris London ON 2023-10-24 radio consoles (authorize negotiations for procurement) 320000.0 in accordance with Section 14.4(d) of the Procurement of Goods and Services Policy, Fire Administration BE AUTHORIZED to enter into negotiations with L3Harris Technologies Inc., 1025 W. NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32919, USA, for a one-time procurement of Symphony radio consoles for the London Fire Department at a cost of $320,000 CAD (excluding HST); https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=104486 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-london/#m954871 sv:radio_infra:l3harris stated 1 0 0 ON
501 501 Axon Ottawa ON 2023-10-23 body cameras 245944.95 ost of consideration for the first year of the lease including operating costs is $245,944.95 exclusive of HST. https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=149221 https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-ottawa/#m904498 axon stated 1 0 0 ON
578 578 Axon Cornwall ON 2026-06-25 bundle/OSP 172489.98 Approval of $172,489.98 invoice from Axon Public Safety Canada Inc. https://pub-cornwall.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=13742107-68c0-4e4c-869c-f03f72992778&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-cornwall/#m45601 axon stated 1 0 0 ON
2852 2852 Grayshift / GrayKey Cornwall ON 2026-03-05 cell phone extraction tech (approve contract) 54385.0 That the CPSB approve GrayKey/Magnet Forensics proposal to provide the technology to lawfully access and extract data from mobile devices at the quoted price of $54,385 USD plus tax and is supported by a $25,000 grant from the Criminal Investigation Service of Ontario. https://pub-cornwall.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=c9795d65-a6ea-4c45-a94b-b08dbbe5e4fe&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English https://canada.theboringparts.com/city/pub-cornwall/#m935589 sv:forensics:grayshift proposed 1 0 0 ON

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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);