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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15 rows where ledger = "axon" and state = "TN" 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
7 7 Axon Knoxville TN 2025-01-07 body cameras 27582300.18 a $27,582,300.18 agreement with Axon Enterprise for police camera and video‑management services https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5454 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/knoxvilletn/2025/#m680325 axon stated 1 0 1 TN
26 26 Axon Knoxville TN 2026-01-20 bundle/OSP 9407699.82 Approved Resolution R‑13‑2026 Axon Enterprise contract up to $9,407,699.82 (8‑1) https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/9120 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/knoxvilletn/#m680390 axon ceiling 1 0 0 TN
27 27 Axon Knoxville TN 2026-01-20 Axon Systems 9407699.0 A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Second Amendment to C-24-0416, an agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc., to provide additional goods and services to the Knoxville Police Department in support of the City’s existing Axon Systems at an additional cost not to exceed $9,407,699 https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/9120 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/knoxvilletn/#m680390 axon ceiling 2 0 0 TN
321 321 Axon Sevierville TN 2025-07-21 in-car cameras 574332.0 yor Fox recognized Joe Manning, who requested approval to purchase sixty (60) in-car cameras from sole proprietary source vendor Axon Enterprise, Inc. in amount of $574,332.00 over five years ending in FY2030. https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07212025-8 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/2025/#m1480354 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
425 425 Axon Columbia TN 2026-04-02 Tasers 349986.0 APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF SEVENTY (70) AXON TASER 10 CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPON IN THE AMOUNT OF $349,986 - POLICE DEPARTMENT. https://columbiatn.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2867,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/columbiatn/#m791800 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
448 448 Axon Sevierville TN 2025-04-21 body cameras 311645.76 Mayor Fox recognized Deputy Chief Sam Hinson, who requested approval of a contract for 66 body worn camera systems with Axon with a 5-year payment term in the total amount of $311,645.76 under state contract SWC3040-82619. https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04212025-1 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/2025/#m1480361 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
468 468 Axon Knoxville TN 2023-01-10 body cameras 280783.8 A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to amend contract C -20-0295 with Axon Enterpri se, Inc., to provide sixty -six additional body cameras and related equipment for the Knoxville Police Department at an additional cost not to exceed $280,783.80. https://knoxvilletn.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/77 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/knoxvilletn/2023/#m680205 axon ceiling 1 0 0 TN
920 920 Axon Sevierville TN 2026-07-20 Fleet ALPR 59415.92 Consider approval of purchase of seven (7) Axon Enterprise, Inc., Fleet 3 Basic in-car video cameras in the amount of $59,415.92 – Joe Manning https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07202026-104 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/#m1006185 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
945 945 Axon Piperton TN 2025-10-21 bundle/OSP 53000.0 If we re-up the contract with Axon, the reason the estimate is less than $53,000.00 is because we would not at that point be purchasing new tasers, they a https://www.pipertontn.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10212025-405 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pipertontn.com/2025/#m1529303 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
977 977 Axon Sevierville TN 2025-10-06 Fleet ALPR 48269.6 Consider approval of purchase of five (5) Axon Enterprise, Inc. in-car video cameras in the amount of $48,269.60 – Sam Hinson https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10062025-56 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/2025/#m1480349 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
978 978 Axon Sevierville TN 2025-10-20 Fleet ALPR 48269.0 d Deputy Chief Sam Hinson, who requested approval of the purchase of five (5) in-car cameras from sole proprietary source vendor Axon Enterprise, Inc. in amount of $48,269.00 over five years ending in FY2030. https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10202025-57 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/2025/#m1480348 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
1077 1077 Axon Sevierville TN 2025-08-18 Fleet ALPR 33000.0 Mayor Fox recognized Joe Manning, who requested approval of the installation of sixty (60) Axon in-car cameras by Dana Safety Supply in amount of $ 33,000.00 under state contract SWC202 -83196. https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08182025-44 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/2025/#m1480352 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
1116 1116 Axon Dyersburg TN 2026-02-17 Tasers 27914.81 Approved $27,914.81 Axon taser subscription contract (unanimous) https://www.dyersburgtn.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02172026-130 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dyersburgtn.gov/#m1580332 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
1117 1117 Axon Dyersburg TN 2024-09-07 Tasers 27913.78 Axon Enterprises, Inc. - $27.913.78 https://www.dyersburgtn.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09072024-72 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dyersburgtn.gov/#m1580440 axon stated 1 0 0 TN
1192 1192 Axon Sevierville TN 2026-03-16 other 18432.0 yor Fox recognized Joe Manning, who requested approval to purchase ten Ericsson Cradlepoint 5G routers from sole patented source Axon Enterprises in the total amount of $18,432.00. https://www.seviervilletn.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03162026-79 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/seviervilletn.org/#m1480328 axon stated 1 0 0 TN

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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);