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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4 rows where vendor = "Flock Group, Inc. dba 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
2205 2205 Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety Canton OH 2025-09-16 approve contract 167399.0 Enter into a 12-month renewable contract with Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety in the amount of $167,399.00 for public safety cameras and license plate readers, including software, maintenance, support and storage via the Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Program which exempts it from competitive bidding. https://www.cantonohio.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09162025-1070 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cantonohio.gov/2025/#m1429193 flock stated 1 0 0 OH
1764 1764 Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety Jackson County MO 2025-10-06 awarding a contract 63996.0 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of a subscription for a license plate recognition camera system for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety of Atlanta, GA, in the amount of $63,996.00 under the terms and conditions of OMNIA Partners - Region 4 Contract No. R250203, an existing competitively bid government contract. https://jacksonco.legistar1.com/jacksoncounty/meetings/2025/10/9953_M_County_Legislature_25-10-06_JOURNAL.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/jacksonco/2025/#m550756 flock stated 1 0 0 MO
1765 1765 Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety Jackson County MO 2025-10-06 awarding a contract 63996.0 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of a subscription for a license plate recognition camera system for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety of Atlanta, GA, in the amount of $63,996.00 under the terms and conditions of OMNIA Partners - Region 4 Contract No. R250203, an existing competitively bid government contract. https://jacksonco.legistar1.com/jacksoncounty/meetings/2025/10/9951_A_Justice_and_Law_Enforcement_Committee_25-10-06_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/jacksonco/2025/#m550758 flock stated 2 0 0 MO
1766 1766 Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety Jackson County MO 2025-09-30 awarding a contract 63996.0 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of a subscription for a license plate recognition camera system for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety of Atlanta, GA, in the amount of $63,996.00 under the terms and conditions of OMNIA Partners - Region 4 Contract No. R250203, an existing competitively bid government contract. https://jacksonco.legistar1.com/jacksoncounty/meetings/2025/9/9942_M_County_Legislature_25-09-30_JOURNAL.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/jacksonco/2025/#m550761 flock stated 3 0 0 MO

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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);