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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11 rows where ledger = "axon" and state = "CT" 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
74 74 Axon Bristol CT 2026-04-14 bundle/OSP 4030952.09 Approved Axon 10 Officer Safety Plan contract for $4,030,952.09 (5-2) https://bristolct.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=12491,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bristolct/#m71103 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
105 105 Axon Bristol CT 2023-11-14 bundle/OSP 2746562.59 $2,746,562.59 contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for police cameras and tasers https://bristolct.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2392,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/bristolct/2023/#m397860 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
109 109 Axon Danbury CT 2023-10-04 bundle/OSP 2550392.65 Mr. Volpe reported that the Police Dept. submitted a quote from Axon Enterprises, dated September 29, 2023, fora 60-month term agreement in the total amount of $2,550,392.65 to acquire the subject items. https://www.danbury-ct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10042023-939 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/danbury-ct.gov/2023/#m1118194 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
198 198 Axon West Haven CT 2025-07-28 body cameras 1150609.0 Approved $1,150,609 Axon Body Cameras and Dash Cameras project (unanimous) https://www.cityofwesthaven.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07282025-3292 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofwesthaven.com/2025/#m1049641 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
277 277 Axon Middletown CT 2024-12-16 bundle/OSP 750000.0 In contract negations with Axon, the 2 nd five years requirement has gone up significantly for the same services, about $750,000. https://www.middletownct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12162024-9979 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/middletownct.gov/2024/#m476793 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
287 287 Axon Branford CT 2025-05-21 bundle/OSP 700586.3 Approved five‑year Axon public‑safety technology contract for $700,586.30 (unanimous) https://www.branford-ct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05212025-391 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/branford-ct.gov/2025/#m481956 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
326 326 Axon Danbury CT 2023-10-04 bundle/OSP 566908.17 Mr. Volpe informed the Board that Axon Enterprises quoted the items per their current Sourcewell government cooperative contract award. https://www.danbury-ct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10042023-939 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/danbury-ct.gov/2023/#m1118194 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
846 846 Axon North Branford CT 2026-03-03 body cameras 75000.0 And the Axon Body Camera contract increased by $75,000. https://www.townofnorthbranfordct.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03032026-939 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/townofnorthbranfordct.com/#m1176609 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
969 969 Axon North Branford CT 2025-04-22 bundle/OSP 50000.0 The largest increase within Contractual Services is the Axon contract as it was presented to the council, it was for a 5-year contract $50,000 commitment from each town annually. https://www.townofnorthbranfordct.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04222025-687 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/townofnorthbranfordct.com/2025/#m1176755 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
1109 1109 Axon Danbury CT 2024-04-10 other 28789.56 Mr. Volpe reported that the Police Dept. submitted a requisition, made out to Axon Enterprises, to purchase the subject items at a total quoted cost of $28,789.56. https://www.danbury-ct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04102024-1145 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/danbury-ct.gov/2024/#m1118782 axon stated 1 0 0 CT
1371 1371 Axon Danbury CT 2025-03-12 other 3300.0 Mr. Volpe reported that Mr. Cassavechia submitted a requisition, made out to Axon Enterprises, for year 1 of a 5-year license to operate the newly purchased Axon drone at a cost of $3,300.00. https://www.danbury-ct.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03122025-1402 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/danbury-ct.gov/2025/#m1118326 axon stated 1 0 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);