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 = "Verra Mobility" 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
4262 4262 Verra Mobility Pittsburgh PA 2025-08-26 red-light cameras (authorize agreement) 13977973.0 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Verra Mobility for costs associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of the Automated Red Light Enforcement Program; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirteen Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($13,977,973.00), with costs assessed on a fixed per-system basis and payable only upon usage, reimbursable at 100% under a five-year contract term. https://pittsburgh.legistar1.com/pittsburgh/meetings/2025/8/11661_M_City_Council_25-08-26_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pittsburgh/2025/#m335705 sv:photo_enforce:verra ceiling 1 0 0 PA
4324 4324 Verra Mobility Oakland CA 2025-05-29 speed safety cameras (award contract) 4865000.0 Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Verra Mobility To Implement And Operate A Speed Safety Camera System Under Assembly Bill 645 For A Six-Year Term Supporting Five Years Of Camera Operations In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Million, Eight-Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($4,865,000) https://oakland.legistar1.com/oakland/meetings/2025/5/9346_M__Rules___Legislation_Committee_25-05-29_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oakland/2025/#m146701 sv:photo_enforce:verra ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4240 4240 Verra Mobility Hyattsville MD 2022-03-07 speed cameras (approve contract) 305000.0 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to approve a contract between the City of Hyattsville Police Department and Verra Mobility for automated speed enforcement for a term of five (5) years at a cost not to exceed $305,000 annually. https://hyattsvillemd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2574,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hyattsvillemd/2022/#m474338 sv:photo_enforce:verra ceiling 1 0 0 MD
4298 4298 Verra Mobility Merced CA 2024-06-03 photo enforcement services (approve contract) 126000.0 Approval to Waive the Competitive Bidding Requirements and Approval of a Five (5) Year Term Photo Enforcement Services Agreement with Verra Mobility for Automated Photo Enforcement Technology in an Amount of $126,000 Annually https://cityofmerced.legistar1.com/cityofmerced/meetings/2024/6/1830_M_City_Council_Public_Finance_and_Economic_Development_Authority_Parking_Authority_24-06-03_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofmerced/2024/#m255275 sv:photo_enforce:verra stated 1 0 0 CA

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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);