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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10 rows where state = "CA" and vendor = "CentralSquare" 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
3591 3591 CentralSquare Rialto CA 2024-09-24 Public Safety Software Systems (approve contract) 2828922.0 Approve a Five (5) Year Master Service Agreement with CentralSquare Technologies LLC. for Public Safety Software Systems in the Amount of $ 2,828,922. https://legistar.granicus.com/Rialto/meetings/2024/9/3141_A_City_Council_24-09-24_Regular_Meeting.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/rialto/2024/#m338830 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
3740 3740 CentralSquare Orange CA 2025-04-08 CAD/RMS software upgrade (approve contract) 465414.0 Approved the agreement with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC in the amount of $ 465,414.50, representing a software upgrade cost of $ 423,104.50, plus a 10% contingency of $ 42,310; https://cityoforange.legistar1.com/cityoforange/meetings/2025/4/1689_M_City_Council_25-04-08_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityoforange/2025/#m257231 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
2961 2961 CentralSquare Milpitas CA 2023-10-17 CAD maintenance support (approve sole source contract) 426481.0 Approved and authorized the City Manager to execute a sole source three-year agreement with CentralSquare Inc. for maintenance and support of the Public Safety Computer Aided Dispatch System for the not-to-exceed amount of $142,160.56 annually and $426,481.68 for a three-year term. https://milpitasca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3243,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/milpitasca/#m800767 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
3213 3213 CentralSquare Glendale CA 2024-12-17 CAD software expansion (amend contract) 394890.0 Motion authorizing the City Manager to amend an existing professional services agreement between the City of Glendale and CentralSquare Technologies, LLC., (contract #8000743) in the amount not to exceed of $394,890 with a contingency of $56,754, for expansion of Verdugo Fire Communications Center Computer-Aided Dispatch system https://glendaleca.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/57093 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/glendaleca/2024/#m647254 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3519 3519 CentralSquare Oxnard CA 2024-04-30 IT software/services (amend) 327800.0 a Fourth Amendment to Software License Agreement A-8011 with Superion LLC, a CentralSquare Company, in the amount of $327,800 for FY24-25 with a new not-to-exceed total agreement amount of $2,398,781 for information technology software and services. https://oxnardca.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=9891,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/oxnardca/2024/#m431874 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
3571 3571 CentralSquare Salinas CA 2024-08-20 TRAKiT software (renew) 293576.0 Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with CentralSquare Technologies LLC for use of their TRAKiT software in an amount not to exceed $293,576.24 and extend the term to June 30, 2028 was approved. https://legistar2.granicus.com/salinas/meetings/2024/8/2676_M_City_Council_24-08-20_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/salinas/2024/#m345295 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3668 3668 CentralSquare Fresno CA 2023-12-14 software hosting/maintenance (amend) 234551.0 Approve the Second Amendment to Agreement with CentralSquare, authorizing the CIO to renew the software hosting, maintenance, and support services with CentralSquare in the amount of $234,551.88. https://legistar2.granicus.com/fresno/meetings/2023/12/3312_M_City_Council_23-12-14_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fresno/2023/#m284387 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
3773 3773 CentralSquare Alameda CA 2022-04-19 asset management system (approve contract) 229674.0 Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Five-Year Agreement with Centralsquare Technologies, LLC, Substantially in the Form of the Attached Agreement, for Enterprise Asset Management System Licensing Fees, for a Total Cumulative Amount Not to Exceed $229,674. https://legistar1.granicus.com/alameda/meetings/2022/4/5525_A_City_Council_22-04-19_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/alameda/2022/#m227604 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 CA
3897 3897 CentralSquare Santa Barbara CA 2026-07-07 CAD system software and maintenance (amend) 223700.0 Approve, ratify, and authorize the Sheriff, or his designee, to execute a First Amendment with Central Square Technologies, LLC for CAD System software and maintenance from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, to not exceed $223,700.00; https://legistar1.granicus.com/SantaBarbara/meetings/2026/7/2571_M_BOARD_OF_SUPERVISORS_26-07-07_Action_Summary.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/santabarbara/#m6934 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 CA
3185 3185 CentralSquare Camarillo CA 2023-06-28 software license renewal (renew) 177428.0 Authorized the issuance of a purchase order to Superior, LLC, a CentralSquare Technologies, LLC Company in the amount of $177,428.15 for FY 2023/24. https://camarillo.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5520 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/camarillo/2023/#m669947 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 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);