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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5 rows where ledger = "sv:fusion:fusus", state = "CA" and vendor = "Fusus (Axon)" 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
3647 3647 Fusus (Axon) Manhattan Beach CA 2024-07-02 Fusus software integration (approve contract) 955537.0 Consideration of a Five-Year Agreement with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for Body Worn Cameras, Digital Evidence Management, and Fusus Software and Hardware Integration in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $955,537 (Police Chief Johnson). https://legistar.granicus.com/ManhattanBeach/meetings/2024/7/1997_A_City_Council_Regular_Meeting_24-07-02_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/manhattanbeach/2024/#m309701 sv:fusion:fusus stated 1 0 0 CA
3589 3589 Fusus (Axon) Rialto CA 2025-01-28 Fusus real-time crime center (approve contract) 431000.0 Approve (1) the Sixty -Six (66) Month Contract for the FUSUS Real -Time Crime Center Platform with AXON Enterprise, Inc., Formerly Known as Taser International, in the Amount of $431,000.00, and (2) Authorize the Interim City Manager or Designee to Execute all Documents. https://legistar.granicus.com/Rialto/meetings/2025/1/3178_A_City_Council_25-01-28_Regular_Meeting.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rialto/2025/#m338854 sv:fusion:fusus stated 1 0 0 CA
3576 3576 Fusus (Axon) Salinas CA 2023-06-20 real-time crime center platform (approve contract) 250000.0 Approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a 30-month Service Agreement with Fusus for a total cost not to exceed $250,000 to provide technology for real-time monitoring of traffic system cameras and gathering of analytical data related to traffic patterns and volume. https://legistar2.granicus.com/salinas/meetings/2023/6/2382_A_City_Council_23-06-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/salinas/2023/#m345111 sv:fusion:fusus ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3794 3794 Fusus (Axon) Torrance CA 2025-01-14 Fusus access (amend) 233584.0 Recommendation of the Chief of Police that City Council approve a third amendment to the contract services agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc. of Scottsdale, AZ (C2022-184) in the amount of $233,584.65, for a new not-to-exceed amount of $10,882,724.86 over a 10-year period beginning May 7, 2024 and ending May 6, 2034 to provide additional TASER units and Enterprise Fusus access. https://torrance.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=14357 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-torrance/2025/#m209621 sv:fusion:fusus recommended 1 0 0 CA
3296 3296 Fusus (Axon) Redondo Beach CA 2021-11-16 video collaboration software (approve contract) 51500.0 APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH FUSUS LLC FOR VIDEO AND DATA COLLABORATION SOFTWARE AND PORTABLE SECURITY SYSTEM HARDWARE, FOR THE TERM NOVEMBER 16, 2021 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15, 2022 AT A COST OF $ 51,500 WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR $40,000 PER YEAR, FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $131,500. https://redondo.legistar1.com/redondo/meetings/2021/11/1283_A_City_Council_21-11-16_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/redondo/2021/#m572156 sv:fusion:fusus ceiling 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);