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:lexisnexis", state = "FL" 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
3723 3723 LexisNexis / Accurint Delray Beach FL 2024-07-16 public safety investigations subscription (award contract) 110000.0 APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-24 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS FL INC. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES, UTILIZING STATE OF NEW YORK CONTRACT #PC69933 IN THE NOT-TO-EXCEED ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $110,000 https://delraybeach.legistar1.com/delraybeach/meetings/2024/7/4036_A_City_Commission_24-07-16_Regular_Commission_Meeting.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delraybeach/2024/#m275436 sv:fusion:lexisnexis estimated 1 0 0 FL
3729 3729 LexisNexis / Accurint Clearwater FL 2025-10-15 Accurint Virtual Crime Center (renew) 59567.0 Approve a purchase order and renewal agreement to Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions FL Inc., for the renewal of Accurint Virtual Crime Center and TraX Software in the amount of $59,567.57 for a two-year period beginning at the time of execution, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinance 2.563(1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2025/10/2945_A_City_Council_25-10-15_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2025/#m261053 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 0 FL
3787 3787 LexisNexis / Accurint Tampa FL 2025-07-17 Accurint Law Enforcement Plus Software License Services (amend) 21840.0 Resolution approving a new Schedule A to an Agreement between the City of Tampa and Lexisnexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. for an extension of the provision of Accurint Law Enforcement Plus Software License Services, as a sole source purchase, in the estimated amount of $21,840 for use by the Tampa Police Department/2024 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI); https://tampagov.hylandcloud.com/251agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/City_Council_Regular_-_July_17%2C_2025_2565_Minutes_7_17_2025_9_00_00_AM.pdf?documentType=2&meetingId=2565 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ob-tampa-fl/2025/#m213442 sv:fusion:lexisnexis estimated 1 0 0 FL
3788 3788 LexisNexis / Accurint Tampa FL 2024-10-03 Accurint Law Enforcement Plus (amend) 21840.0 Resolution approving a new Schedule A to an agreement between the City of Tampa and LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. for an extension of the provision of Accurint Law Enforcement Plus Software License Services, as a sole source purchase, in the estimated amount of $21,840 for use by the Tampa Police Department/2023 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI); authorizing the Mayor to execute the Schedule A; providing an effective date. https://tampagov.hylandcloud.com/251agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/City_Council_Regular_-_October_3%2C_2024_2437_Minutes_10_3_2024_9_00_00_AM.pdf?documentType=2&meetingId=2437 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ob-tampa-fl/2024/#m213381 sv:fusion:lexisnexis estimated 1 0 0 FL
3745 3745 LexisNexis / Accurint North Port FL 2024-03-26 TraX and VIPER software subscription (approve contract) 5897.0 Approve the LexisNexis Solutions Supplemental Terms and Conditions for the TraX and VIPER (Virtual Pen Register) Software Subscription in the Annual Amount of $5,897.25. https://legistar2.granicus.com/cityofnorthport/meetings/2024/3/3185_M_City_Commission_Regular_Meeting_24-03-26_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnorthport/2024/#m256309 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 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);