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 = "TX" and vendor = "Cradlepoint" 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
3207 3207 Cradlepoint Temple TX 2026-02-05 in-vehicle LTE routers (amend contract) 231374.0 to add 10 digital in-car recording systems with automated license plate readers and Cradlepoints for the Police Department, in the estimated amount of $231,374 for the remainder of the master services agreement. https://cityoftemple.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/15800 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftemple/#m655767 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint estimated 1 0 0 TX
3458 3458 Cradlepoint College Station TX 2024-10-24 Cradlepoint routers (purchase) 177664.0 Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the purchase of new Panasonic Toughbook Rugged Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs), Cradlepoint Routers, and Airgain Antennas from Baycom Inc. for the Fire Department in the amount of $177,664. https://collegestationtx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=4958,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/collegestationtx/2024/#m466807 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 TX
3814 3814 Cradlepoint North Richland Hills TX 2023-08-28 hardware/software maintenance (authorize agreement) 127000.0 Authorize an agreement with Baycom, Inc ., an authorized reseller of Synnex Corporation, for the purchase of annual Cradlepoint hardware and software maintenance and additional technology purchases using State of Texas Department of Information Resources Contract (DIR-TSO-4458), for a cumulative amount not to exceed $ 127,000 annually through March 27, 2025. https://nrhtx.legistar1.com/nrhtx/meetings/2023/8/1910_M_City_Council_23-08-28_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/nrhtx/2023/#m160315 sv:other:cradlepoint ceiling 1 1 0 TX
3513 3513 Cradlepoint Amarillo TX 2023-08-01 mobile router maintenance (renew) 89214.0 Award to: Rok Brothers - $89,214.81 This item considers the award of a contract to renew the hardware maintenance and software subscriptions for Cradlepoint mobile routers that provide mobile connectivity for Public Safety vehicles, Traffic, and various other departments. https://amarillotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3217,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/amarillotx/2023/#m436379 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 0 0 TX
2983 2983 Cradlepoint Taylor County TX 2024-03-14 in-vehicle LTE routers (purchase) 17280.0 Technology - $17,280.00 (axon camera, radio, cradlepoint, computer and docking station) https://taylortx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2618,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/taylortx/2024/#m783541 sv:radio_infra:cradlepoint stated 1 1 0 TX

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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);