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:rms:tritech" and state = "CA" 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
4232 4232 TriTech Software Fresno County CA 2019-02-12 emergency dispatch software maintenance (approve sole source agreement) 1820140.0 approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a sole source Agreement with TriTech Software Systems for emergency dispatch software maintenance and support, effective March 25, 2019, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $1,820,140 http://fresnocounty.legistar1.com/fresnocounty/meetings/2019/2/9777_M_Board_of_Supervisors_19-02-12_Action_Summary.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fresnocounty/#m543497 sv:rms:tritech ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4090 4090 TriTech Software Milpitas CA 2023-11-14 CMMS software license (approve contract) 374105.0 Approved and authorized the City Manager to execute a software license and professional services agreement with TriTech Software Systems, Inc. for computerized maintenance management system subscription license fees for a total amount not-to-exceed $374,105.21, subject to the annual appropriation of funds. https://milpitasca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3237,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/milpitasca/2023/#m800783 sv:rms:tritech stated 1 0 0 CA
4295 4295 TriTech Software Orange CA 2023-06-13 CAD/RMS software upgrades (approve contract) 124608.0 A motion was made by Councilmember Dumitru, seconded by Councilmember Gyllenhammer, to approve the agreement with TriTech Software Systems in the amount of $ 124,608.40 for software upgrades and maintenance; and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2023/6/1323_M_City_Council_23-06-13_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2023/#m257026 sv:rms:tritech stated 1 0 0 CA
4296 4296 TriTech Software Orange CA 2022-06-14 CAD/RMS software upgrades (approve contract) 117779.0 Approve the agreement with TriTech Software Systems in an amount of $ 117,779.41 for software upgrades and maintenance, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2022/6/1203_M_City_Council_22-06-14_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2022/#m256917 sv:rms:tritech stated 1 0 0 CA
4297 4297 TriTech Software Orange CA 2021-06-08 CAD/RMS software upgrades (approve contract) 112647.0 Approve the agreement with TriTech Software Systems in an amount not to exceed $112,647.04 for software upgrades and maintenance, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City. https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2021/6/1019_M_City_Council_21-06-08_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2021/#m256810 sv:rms:tritech 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);