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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9 rows where state = "PA" and vendor = "Magnet Forensics" 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
3097 3097 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2025-12-03 training annual pass (purchase) 37773.0 Approval to purchase Magnet Forensics Training Annual Pass for 6 ICAC affiliates in the amount of $37,773.00 using PCCD grant funds. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2346,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705413 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA
3098 3098 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2025-12-02 training annual pass (purchase) 37773.0 Approval to purchase Magnet Forensics Training Annual Pass for 6 ICAC affiliates in the amount of $37,773.00 using PCCD grant funds. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2304,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705411 sv:forensics:magnet stated 2 0 0 PA
2966 2966 Magnet Forensics Bucks County PA 2025-07-02 forensic software licenses (approve contract) 34760.0 With: Magnet Forensics LLC, Atlanta, GA Amount: $34,760** (County 100%) Purpose: Approve contract to provide forensic software licenses. https://buckscopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1967,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/buckscopa/2025/#m795214 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA
3102 3102 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2025-06-18 digital-forensics software (renew agreement) 34760.0 Approval to renew agreement with Magnet Forensics (GrayKey) for Narcotics/Intelligence in the amount of $34,760.00 with the Attorney General Grant. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=891,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705360 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA
3247 3247 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2026-04-21 AXIOM license (purchase) 29940.0 Approval to purchase Magnet Forensics Advanced Machine License for 12 (twelve) licenses in the amount of $29,940.00 using DOJ Grant Funds, for a term beginning April 28, 2026, to April 27, 2027. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5555,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/#m606471 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA
4189 4189 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2026-04-22 AXIOM license (purchase) 29940.0 Approval to purchase Magnet Forensics Advanced Machine License for 12 (twelve) licenses in the amount of $29,940.00 using DOJ Grant Funds, for a term beginning April 28, 2026, to April 27, 2027. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=6659,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/#m606474 sv:forensics:magnet stated 2 0 0 PA
3104 3104 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2025-05-07 training annual pass (approve grant funds to purchase) 27980.0 Approval to utilize ICAC grant funds to purchase passes for 4 ICAC affiliates to complete Magnet Forensics Training Annual Pass in the amount of $27,980.00. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=859,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705341 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA
3105 3105 Magnet Forensics Delaware County PA 2025-05-06 training passes (purchase) 27980.0 Approval to utilize ICAC grant funds to purchase passes for 4 ICAC affiliates to complete Magnet Forensics Training Annual Pass in the amount of $27,980.00. https://delawarecopa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=637,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delawarecopa/2025/#m705340 sv:forensics:magnet stated 2 0 0 PA
2838 2838 Magnet Forensics Luzerne County PA 2022-11-22 IEF License (budget) 2190.0 8. Magnet Forensic (IEF) License = $2,190 (ICAC) https://www.luzernecounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11222022-3136 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/luzernecounty.org/2022/#m1098632 sv:forensics:magnet stated 1 0 0 PA

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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);