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:lexisnexis", state = "CA" and vendor = "LexisNexis / Accurint" 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
3911 3911 LexisNexis / Accurint Stockton CA 2026-06-09 investigative data service (approve memorandum of understanding) 235704.0 APPROVE MOTION TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENT WITH SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS IN A TOTAL NOT-TO-EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $235,704 https://legistar1.granicus.com/stockton/meetings/2026/6/3534_A_City_Council_and_Concurrent_Authorities_26-06-09_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/stockton/#m3101 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 0 CA
3749 3749 LexisNexis / Accurint Merced CA 2025-10-06 online citizen reporting system (renew) 86291.0 Approval of Contract Renewal for Subscription Services not to Exceed 5 Years for an Online Citizen Reporting System Through LexisNexis for an Amount Not to Exceed $86,291.50 https://cityofmerced.legistar1.com/cityofmerced/meetings/2025/10/1866_M_City_Council_Public_Finance_and_Economic_Development_Authority_Parking_Authority_25-10-06_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofmerced/2025/#m255426 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3215 3215 LexisNexis / Accurint Long Beach CA 2026-03-10 law enforcement software (approve contract) 32917.0 with LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions, Inc., of Alpharetta, GA, for providing comprehensive products and services for law enforcement, including, LexisNexis Desk Officer Reporting System, DORS Crash, LexisNexis BuyCrash, and LexisNexis Request a Report, in an amount of $32,917 https://longbeach.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/104661 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/longbeach/#m645887 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 0 CA
3636 3636 LexisNexis / Accurint Napa CA 2022-09-13 people-search licenses (approve contract) 20000.0 Director of Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) requests approval of and authorization for the Chair to sign Agreement No. 230095B with LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group, Inc. (LexisNexis), for a maximum amount not to exceed $20,000 for the term July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, to provide licenses for prescribed people searches for use in multiple divisions within HHSA to obtain necessary information in accordance with program mandates. http://napa.legistar1.com/napa/meetings/2022/9/1069_A_Board_of_Supervisors_22-09-13_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/napa/2022/#m324316 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3201 3201 LexisNexis / Accurint Menifee CA 2022-11-02 electronic reporting services (renew) 17280.0 Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute five one­year extensions to the software service agreement with LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions, Inc. for electronic reporting services for Fiscal Year 2022/2023 through 2026/2027 in an amount not­to­exceed $17,280 per fiscal year at the City’s discretion. https://cityofmenifee.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/11041 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofmenifee/2022/#m663821 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 0 CA
3216 3216 LexisNexis / Accurint Long Beach CA 2025-11-11 Accurint for Governmental Public Record (approve contract) 2500.0 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, with LexisNexis, of Miamisburg, OH, for providing unlimited usage of the Accurint for Governmental Public Record investigation service that includes training and technical support, in a total annual amount not to exceed $2,500, for a period of five years, with the option to renew for two additional five-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; https://longbeach.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/98534 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/longbeach/2025/#m645720 sv:fusion:lexisnexis 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);