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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6 rows where ledger = "sv:fusion:fusus", state = "FL" 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
3624 3624 Fusus (Axon) Ocala FL 2024-10-15 real-time crime center (renew) 844208.0 Approve a five-year renewal of the agreement with Fusus by Axon for hardware and software purchases in an estimated amount not to exceed $844,208 https://ocala.legistar1.com/ocala/meetings/2024/10/1571_M_City_Council_24-10-15_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ocala/2024/#m328613 sv:fusion:fusus ceiling 1 0 0 FL
3746 3746 Fusus (Axon) North Port FL 2023-03-14 Fusus software (approve contract) 350000.0 Approve the Forty-Two (42) Month Service Agreement Proposal between the City of North Port and Pileum Corporation in the Amount of $350,000 for the Fusus Software Enterprise Package for Surveillance Data Access. https://legistar2.granicus.com/cityofnorthport/meetings/2023/3/2771_M_City_Commission_Regular_Meeting_23-03-14_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnorthport/2023/#m256070 sv:fusion:fusus proposed 1 0 0 FL
3735 3735 Fusus (Axon) Clearwater FL 2022-02-03 real-time crime center platform (approve contract) 345000.0 Approve an agreement between the City of Clearwater and Fusus of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, for a video and data collaboration platform, associated equipment and training, in an amount not to exceed $345,000, to commence upon execution of the contract and expire three calendar years after the execution date, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2022/2/2347_A_City_Council_22-02-03_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2022/#m260512 sv:fusion:fusus ceiling 1 0 0 FL
3736 3736 Fusus (Axon) Clearwater FL 2022-01-31 video and data platform (approve contract) 345000.0 Approve an agreement between the City of Clearwater and Fusus of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, for a video and data collaboration platform, associated equipment and training, in an amount not to exceed $345,000, to commence upon execution of the contract and expire three calendar years after the execution date, pursuant to City Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(a), Single Source, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2022/1/2326_A_Council_Work_Session_22-01-31_Work_Session_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2022/#m260507 sv:fusion:fusus ceiling 2 0 0 FL
3421 3421 Fusus (Axon) Clermont FL 2023-11-28 real-time crime center (approve single/sole source service agreement) 32800.0 Consider approval of single/sole source service agreement with FUSUS for the Clermont Police Department at an initial budgeted cost of $32,800. https://clermontfl.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=4803,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clermontfl/2023/#m530225 sv:fusion:fusus stated 1 0 0 FL
2712 2712 Fusus (Axon) Panama City FL 2022-02-22 CORE Appliances (budget) 21601.0 Consideration to approve Budget Amendment Resolution 20220222.2 to use BJA FY 21 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) Funds to purchase Fusus CORE Appliances as follows: one (1) Core Elite AI that runs 64 traffic cameras, one (1) Core Elite that runs 180 cameras for schools, eight (8) Core Pro that runs 24 cameras each for Charter Schools, and 38 Core Lite that runs four (4) cameras each (no set locations) in the amount of $21,601.00. https://www.pcgov.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02222022-547 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pcgov.org/2022/#m1335744 sv:fusion:fusus stated 1 1 0 FL

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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);