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 vendor = "Securly" 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
4315 4315 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-07-21 Classroom web filter (approve contract) 188700.0 Agreement with Securly to provide Securly Classroom a tool that the district educators utilize to create a safe and focused digital learning environment from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028 in an amount not to exceed $188,700.00 (Year 1: $63,200.00 Year 2: $62,750.00 Year 3: $62,750.00.) https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DJDLUE583DCC https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196361 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4320 4320 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-07-28 Classroom web filtering (approve contract) 188700.0 Agreement with Securly to provide Securly Classroom a tool that the district educators utilize to create a safe and focused digital learning environment from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028 in an amount not to exceed $188,700.00 (Year 1: $63,200.00 Year 2: $62,750.00 Year 3: $62,750.00.) https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DJTKGT51DA90 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196264 sv:student:securly ceiling 2 1 0 CT
4309 4309 Securly Council Bluffs Community School District IA 2024-07-23 Learning Portal with Implementation (approve contract) 104900.0 BE IT RESOLVED the Board approves Securly Learning Portal with Implementation for $104,900.00 paid over 4 installments though June 30th of 2028. https://go.boarddocs.com/ia/cbcsd/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=D5QLEF547030 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ia-cbcsd/2024/#m200135 sv:student:securly stated 1 1 0 IA
4313 4313 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-05-05 web filtering subscription (renew) 70200.0 Purchase Order with SHI International, Inc. for the Securly subscription renewal includes web filtering, wellness monitoring, classroom management and provides online activity insights July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in an amount not to exceed $70,200.00. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DFRP6E631477 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196367 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4314 4314 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-05-19 Securly subscription renewal (purchase) 70200.0 Purchase Order with SHI International, Inc. for the Securly subscription renewal includes web filtering, wellness monitoring, classroom management and provides online activity insights July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in an amount not to exceed $70,200.00. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DGAJMT4DE4AA https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196366 sv:student:securly ceiling 2 1 0 CT
4319 4319 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-05-12 Securly subscription renewal (purchase) 70200.0 Purchase Order: 6.04 Purchase Order with SHI International, Inc. for the Securly subscription renewal includes web filtering, wellness monitoring, classroom management and provides online activity insights July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in an amount not to exceed $70,200.00. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DGFL2T547D1C https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196271 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4312 4312 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2024-11-18 Securly subscription renewal (renew) 19150.0 Purchase Order under CREC 2018011-02 with SHI International, Inc. for the Securly subscription renewal includes web filtering, wellness monitoring, classroom management and provides online activity insights from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025 in an amount not to exceed $19,150.00. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DAXJ7H4BCDFB https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2024/#m196377 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4318 4318 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2024-11-25 subscription renewal (renew) 19150.0 Purchase Order: 7.02 Purchase Order under CREC 2018011-02 with SHI International, Inc. for the Securly subscription renewal includes web filtering, wellness monitoring, classroom management and provides online activity insights from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025 in an amount not to exceed $19,150.00. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DB6KXK5403C7 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2024/#m196284 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4316 4316 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-11-03 student chat/email monitoring (purchase) 18250.0 Purchase Order with SHI International to provide securly licenses for digital monitoring for student chat and email in an amount not to exceed $18,250.00 from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DMVHA547808D https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196354 sv:student:securly ceiling 1 1 0 CT
4321 4321 Securly New Haven Public Schools CT 2025-11-10 Securly licenses (purchase) 18250.0 Purchase Order with SHI International to provide securly licenses for digital monitoring for student chat and email in an amount not to exceed $18,250.00 from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026. https://go.boarddocs.com/ct/nhps/Board.nsf/BD-GetMinutes?open&id=DMPQYH6B9745 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bd-ct-nhps/2025/#m196256 sv:student:securly ceiling 2 1 0 CT

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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);