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 = "TX" 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
3765 3765 LexisNexis / Accurint Austin TX 2023-02-09 law enforcement software (authorize contract) 1800000.0 Authorize negotiation and execution of a cooperative contract to provide law enforcement software application products and services, with LexisNexis Risk Data Management LLC d/b/a LexisNexis Risk Solutions, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $1,800,000. https://austintexas.legistar1.com/austintexas/meetings/2023/2/3443_A_City_Council_23-02-09_City_Council_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/austintexas/2023/#m232911 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 TX
3753 3753 LexisNexis / Accurint Dallas TX 2024-11-13 Accurint Suite (authorize sole source services agreement) 498645.0 Authorize a five -year sole source services agreement for online investigative solutions and criminal activity database services, Accurint Suite, for the Dallas Police Department - LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc., sole source - Not to exceed $ 498,645.00 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations) https://cityofdallas.legistar1.com/cityofdallas/meetings/2024/11/2978_A_City_Council_24-11-13_COUNCIL_AGENDA.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofdallas/2024/#m248181 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 TX
3673 3673 LexisNexis / Accurint Fort Worth TX 2021-11-30 investigative data product (authorize contract) 148000.0 Authorize an Agreement with Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc. in an Amount Up to $ 148,000.00 for the First Two Years and Authorize Four One -Year Renewals with an Annual Amount of $74,000.00 for the City of Fort Worth Police Department https://fortworthgov.legistar1.com/fortworthgov/meetings/2021/11/1180_M_CITY_COUNCIL_21-11-30_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fortworthgov/2021/#m283212 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 TX
3639 3639 LexisNexis / Accurint Mesquite TX 2025-09-15 Accurint Virtual Crime Center (execute agreement) 36429.0 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute an Agreement and any subsequent renewals with LexisNexis Risk Solutions for Accurint Virtual Crime Center in the amount of $ 36,429.56, with an annual increase of three percent for renewal costs thereafter. https://legistar1.granicus.com/Mesquite/meetings/2025/9/1554_M_City_Council_25-09-15_Minutes_-_Final.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/mesquite/2025/#m316733 sv:fusion:lexisnexis stated 1 0 0 TX
3761 3761 LexisNexis / Accurint Carrollton TX 2024-03-05 Accurint crime center software (enter into professional services agreement) 29800.0 Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With LexisNexis For The Accurint Virtual Crime Center Investigative And Trax Solution Software Application For A Five-Year Period, In An Amount Not To Exceed $ 29,800 For The First Year And A Total Five-Year Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed $158,213. https://legistar.granicus.com/Carrolltontx/meetings/2024/3/1830_A_City_Council_24-03-05_REGULAR_WORKSESSION___MEETING.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/carrolltontx/2024/#m238502 sv:fusion:lexisnexis ceiling 1 0 0 TX

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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);