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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13 rows where ledger = "sv:rms:centralsquare" and state = "GA" 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
3351 3351 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2020-12-15 RMS software maintenance (award sole source contract) 2419769.0 Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed: $2,419,769.60. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2020/12/2933_A_Board_of_Commissioners_20-12-15_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2020/#m556313 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3357 3357 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2023-05-02 CAD system (amend) 58445.0 Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies (TriTech Software Systems). Amount Not To Exceed: $58,445.07. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2023/5/3784_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_23-05-02_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2023/#m556111 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3362 3362 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2024-06-27 CAD system interface (amend) 46361.0 This request seeks to add an interface from DeKalb CAD to AMR Imagetrend Record Management System and to add annual support costs for the Rapid SOS interface. Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies (TriTech Software Systems). Amount Not To Exceed: $46,361.21. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2024/6/3993_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_24-06-27_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2024/#m556047 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3363 3363 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2024-07-09 CAD system upgrade (amend) 46361.0 CO - Change Order No. 8 to Contract No. 1010560 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System (Multiyear): for use by the Departments of E-911 and Fire Rescue (FR). This contract consists of providing an enhanced CAD system for receiving and responding to the County’s emergency 911 calls. This request seeks to add an interface from DeKalb CAD to AMR Imagetrend Record Management System and to add annual support costs for the Rapid SOS interface. Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies (TriTech Software Systems). Amount Not To Exceed: $46,361.21. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2024/7/3994_A_Board_of_Commissioners_24-07-09_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2024/#m556046 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3365 3365 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2024-09-17 RMS software maintenance (amend) 36465.0 Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed: $36,465.09. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2024/9/4006_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_24-09-17_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2024/#m556035 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3338 3338 CentralSquare Glynn County GA 2026-04-16 police AI software (approve agreement) 36360.0 Approve agreements with Blue Voice, Inc. utilizing the "IT Exemption", in the amount of $30,000 annually and Central Square Technologies in the amount of $36,360 annually with funding provided by the FY26 Police Budget for the purpose of selecting a software for GCPD closed source AI, with one of the contracts cancelled at the end of the 30-day test period. https://glynncounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=939 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-glynncounty/#m557126 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 GA
3354 3354 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2022-09-06 RMS software maintenance (amend) 24860.0 CO - Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. 1275787 for Records Management System (RMS) Software Maintenance and Support (Multiyear Sole Source Maintenance Contract): for use by Police Services (PS). Consists of providing maintenance and support of proprietary software packages used by public safety for records management and field-based reporting. Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies, LLC. Amount Not To Exceed: $24,860.34. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2022/9/3500_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_22-09-06_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2022/#m556174 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3356 3356 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2022-10-18 CAD system (amend) 14060.0 Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies, (formerly, TriTech Software Systems). Amount Not To Exceed $14,060.48. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2022/10/3507_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_22-10-18_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/2022/#m556167 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
2460 2460 CentralSquare Griffin GA 2026-02-25 RMS business process review (approve agreement) 6980.0 Consider an agreement with CentralSquare in the amount of $6,980.00 to review the City of Griffin Police Department's Records Management System to perform a business process review for the Records Management System. https://cityofgriffin.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=257 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-cityofgriffin/#m6354850 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 GA
3367 3367 CentralSquare DeKalb County GA 2026-01-06 CAD system (amend) 6000.0 Awarded to CentralSquare Technologies (TriTech Software Systems). Amount Not To Exceed: $6,000.00. https://dekalbcountyga.legistar1.com/dekalbcountyga/meetings/2026/1/4455_M_Committee_of_the_Whole_26-01-06_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/dekalbcountyga/#m555929 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 GA
3012 3012 CentralSquare Douglas County GA 2026-03-02 Annual and Integration fees (approve contract) 4840.0 Approval of CentralSquare’s Annual and Integration fees in the amount of $4,840.00 to be funded by the Fire Department budget and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7198,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/#m752253 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 GA
3016 3016 CentralSquare Douglas County GA 2025-04-01 CAD visualization (approve contract) 4417.0 Approval of a service contract with CentralSquare to allow for visualization of unit locations with CAD dispatch system for an annual cost of $4,417.50 and a one-time implementation cost of $3,120.00 to be funded by the Fire Department budget and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=6746,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/2025/#m752187 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 GA
3017 3017 CentralSquare Douglas County GA 2025-03-31 CAD dispatch visualization (approve contract) 4417.0 Approval of a service contract with CentralSquare to allow for visualization of unit locations with CAD dispatch system for an annual cost of $4,417.50 and a one-time implementation cost of $3,120.00 to be funded by the Fire Department budget and authorize the Chairman to sign all related documents pending final legal review. https://douglascountyga.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=6743,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/douglascountyga/2025/#m752186 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 2 0 0 GA

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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);