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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10 rows where state = "WI" and vendor = "Flock" 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
1609 1609 Flock Appleton WI 2023-12-11 Motion to amend resolution to reallocate ARPA funds 125000.0 Motion to amend resolution to reallocate ARPA funds (within the Community Wellness, Mental Health, and Violence Prevention fund) to move $125,000 to lost revenue fund to allow for the leasing of an additional 10 Flock cameras. https://legistar1.granicus.com/cityofappleton/meetings/2023/12/5431_M_Finance_Committee_23-12-11_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofappleton/2023/#m243354 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
2060 2060 Flock Oconto County WI 2025-10-08 approved a grant request 90000.0 At the last meeting, the committee approved a grant request from the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office for 6 flock cameras. The five year agreement was approved at the requested amount of $90,000.00 https://www.ocontocountywi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10082025-837 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ocontocountywi.gov/2025/#m1183930 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
2124 2124 Flock Buffalo County WI 2024-05-13 applied for grant 30000.0 It will go towards 2 flock cameras and around $30,000 will go towards the new K-9 squad. https://www.buffalocountywi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05132024-2832 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/buffalocountywi.gov/#m1318231 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
2171 2171 Flock Prescott WI 2024-07-08 recommend 29000.0 Committee Member Otwell motioned to recommend the four camera Flock solution at a cost of $29,000 to be paid out of remaining ARPA funds to be considered by City Council, seconded by Committee Member Hintz. https://www.prescottwi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07082024-961 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/prescottwi.gov/2024/#m1387640 flock recommended 1 0 0 WI
1990 1990 Flock Mequon WI 2023-10-09 budget 20000.0 Increase Flock Cameras from 6 to 8; Approve 5-Year Contract Pricing @ $20,000/Year $5,000 https://mequonwi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=137,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mequonwi/2023/#m851555 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
2100 2100 Flock Weston WI 2025-08-21 approve contract 18000.0 Motioned by Zeyghami/Jablonski to Approve the Flock Camera Contract for a 5-Year Contract in the Amount of $18,000.00. https://www.westonwi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08212025-1813 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/westonwi.gov/2025/#m1286971 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
2132 2132 Flock Horicon WI 2025-10-30 approved preliminary budget 14845.0 Chief Berken explained the $14,845 increase for Flock cameras in 2026. https://www.horiconwi.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10302025-1419 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/horiconwi.gov/2025/#m1338538 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
1871 1871 Flock De Pere WI 2022-06-14 authorize expenditure 10800.0 I am therefore requesting approval to spend $10,800 to purchase 4 Flock ALPR cameras on a one-year trial basis. https://deperewi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1884,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/deperewi/2022/#m730915 flock stated 1 0 0 WI
1872 1872 Flock De Pere WI 2022-06-21 authorize expenditure 10800.0 I am therefore requesting approval to spend $10,800 to purchase 4 Flock ALPR cameras on a one-year trial basis. https://deperewi.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1789,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/deperewi/2022/#m730919 flock stated 2 0 0 WI
2204 2204 Flock Calumet County WI 2023-08-02 discussed budget for 3000.0 Bries advised the re would be a contract with Flock and the cost is $3,000.00 per camera . https://www.co.calumet.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08022023-1916 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/co.calumet.wi.us/2023/#m1428598 flock stated 1 0 0 WI

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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);