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:rms:hexagon" and state = "TX" 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
4288 4288 Hexagon / Intergraph Corpus Christi TX 2021-10-26 RMS/CAD software maintenance (approve master service agreement) 2885084.0 Resolution authorizing a five-year master service agreement with Intergraph Corporation dba Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, of Madison, Alabama, in an amount not to exceed $2,885,084.09, for updated software and maintenance of the Public Safety Records Management System (RMS) / Intergraph Law Enforcement Automated Data System (I/LEAD) and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) https://legistar.granicus.com/CorpusChristi/meetings/2021/10/2593_A_City_Council_21-10-26_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/corpuschristi/2021/#m267988 sv:rms:hexagon ceiling 1 0 0 TX
4251 4251 Hexagon / Intergraph Garland TX 2025-07-08 CAD software upgrade (approve change order) 270000.0 Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure $270,000.00 https://garlandtx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1156,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/garlandtx/2025/#m396250 sv:rms:hexagon stated 1 0 0 TX
4287 4287 Hexagon / Intergraph Corpus Christi TX 2025-06-17 CAD software implementation (amend) 250000.0 Motion authorizing execution of Change Order No. 5 with Intergraph Corporation, through its Hexagon Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division, of Madison, Alabama, for the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software implementation project for additional on-site workshop configuration sessions, training, and integrations in the amount of $250,000.00, with FY 2025 funding from the MetroCom Fund. https://legistar.granicus.com/CorpusChristi/meetings/2025/6/3826_A_City_Council_25-06-17_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/corpuschristi/#m268935 sv:rms:hexagon stated 1 0 0 TX
4249 4249 Hexagon / Intergraph Amarillo TX 2023-05-09 RMS software maintenance (award) 130991.0 Award to: Hexagon (Intergraph Corporation) - $130,991.04 https://amarillotx.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2612,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/amarillotx/2023/#m436277 sv:rms:hexagon stated 1 0 0 TX
4177 4177 Hexagon / Intergraph Temple TX 2022-09-15 public safety records software maintenance (purchase) 92197.0 authorizing the purchase of annual maintenance for the public safety records management software with Intergraph Corporation dba Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure of Chicago, IL in the amount of $92,197.56. https://cityoftemple.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/8755 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftemple/2022/#m654893 sv:rms:hexagon stated 1 0 0 TX
4176 4176 Hexagon / Intergraph Temple TX 2024-09-05 public safety RMS software maintenance (purchase) 50096.0 Consider adopting a resolution authorizing the purchase of annual maintenance for the public safety records management software with Intergraph Corporation dba Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure of Chicago, IL in the estimated amount of $50,096.53. https://cityoftemple.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/12708 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoftemple/2024/#m655426 sv:rms:hexagon estimated 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);