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.

Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Data source: MyTown

14 rows where ledger = "axon" and state = "KY" sorted by amount descending

✎ View and edit SQL

This data as json, CSV (advanced)

Suggested facets: city, product, geo_suspect, spend_date (date)

vendor 1

state 1

ledger 1

  • axon · 14 ✖
Link rowid vendor city state spend_date product amount ▲ quote source_document mytown_record ledger amount_type dup_rank geo_suspect anomaly state_norm
107 107 Axon Lexington KY 2026-06-09 body cameras 2618504.94 Axon Enterprise, Inc. body-worn cameras and equipment: $2,618,504.94 https://lfucg.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=6798 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-lfucg/#m212263 axon stated 1 1 0 KY
177 177 Axon Paducah KY 2023-09-26 body cameras 1424684.67 Approve contract renewal with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for police body-worn and in-car cameras in an amount of $1,424,684.67 https://paducahky.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1528,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/paducahky/2023/#m382288 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
419 419 Axon Paducah KY 2024-07-23 Tasers 361612.28 Approval of a contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the purchase of Tasers in the amount of $361,612.28 https://paducahky.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1741,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/paducahky/#m382308 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
435 435 Axon Frankfort KY 2026-05-11 bundle/VR platform 335748.0 l reality training for department instructors to facilitate immersive, scenario-based de-escalation and deployment training using Axon's proprietary VR platform for 5 years. https://www.frankfort.ky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05112026-812 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/frankfort.ky.gov/#m19790 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
551 551 Axon Georgetown KY 2025-09-22 other 191485.26 Check Outstanding $0.00 $191,485.26 0000120363 09/05/2025 AXON AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. https://www.georgetownky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09222025-260 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/georgetownky.gov/2025/#m1306203 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
827 827 Axon Marshall County KY 2024-08-20 body cameras 79586.6 A motion was made by Com. McGuire and seconded by Com. Barrett to approve the bid from Axon Enterprise Inc. for $79,586.60 for the Sheriff's Office body cameras. https://www.marshallcountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08202024-129 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/marshallcountyky.gov/2024/#m1582660 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
848 848 Axon Georgetown KY 2026-02-02 body cameras 74900.0 The price quote is $74,900, which includes 2 25% discount because the Police Department is already using Axon products. https://www.georgetownky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02022026-319 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/georgetownky.gov/#m1306061 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
932 932 Axon Paducah KY 2022-11-15 body cameras 55610.85 Approve a Contract with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for interview recording system in an amount of $55,610.85 https://paducahky.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1299,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/paducahky/2022/#m382267 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1009 1009 Axon Paducah KY 2025-07-08 bundle/OSP 40508.55 Approve expenditure in the amount of $40,508.55 for AXON contract for the Fire Department https://paducahky.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1957,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/paducahky/#m382334 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1046 1046 Axon Logan County KY 2025-06-10 Tasers 36118.76 On motion of Jamie Goodwin duly seconded by Jason Harper to approve the quote from Axon Enterprise Inc. for a 60-month agreement for 8 tasers and taser training for all applicable Logan County Detention Center staff in the amount of $36,118.76 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and fo https://www.logancountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06102025-44 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/logancountyky.gov/2025/#m1589888 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1243 1243 Axon Logan County KY 2025-09-09 body cameras 12976.8 Approved $12,976.80 Axon Enterprise body‑camera contract (YES: ALL) https://www.logancountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09092025-50 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/logancountyky.gov/#m1589882 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1249 1249 Axon Logan County KY 2025-05-13 body cameras 12638.4 On motion of Jason Harper duly seconded by Anne Crawford to approve the quote from Axon Enterprise, Inc for cloud storage and licensing for the body cameras used at the Logan County Sheriff’s Department at an annual cost of $12,638.40 on a 5-year billing schedule for a total https://www.logancountyky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05132025-40 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/logancountyky.gov/2025/#m1589892 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1370 1370 Axon Georgetown KY 2024-08-26 other 3344.0 $3,344.00 0000117857 08/16/2024 AXON AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. Check Outstanding $0.00 $3,344.00 https://www.georgetownky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08262024-21 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/georgetownky.gov/2024/#m1306273 axon stated 1 0 0 KY
1422 1422 Axon Georgetown KY 2024-08-12 other 939.0 AXON AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. Check Outstanding $0.00 $939.00 https://www.georgetownky.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08122024-20 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/georgetownky.gov/2024/#m1306274 axon stated 1 0 0 KY

Advanced export

JSON shape: default, array, newline-delimited

CSV options: 

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);