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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7 rows where state = "CA" and vendor = "Versaterm" 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
4304 4304 Versaterm Torrance CA 2025-12-02 CAD system (approve master software and services agreement) 7604992.0 Approve a master software and services agreement and related service schedules with Versaterm Public Safety US, Inc of Delaware, for an amount of approximately $7,604,992, for the acquisition, implementation, and annual subscription of a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) System to support Torrance Public Safety, for a ten-year (10) period beginning December 3, 2025, and ending https://torrance.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=14585 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-torrance/#m209585 sv:rms:versaterm estimated 1 0 0 CA
4305 4305 Versaterm Torrance CA 2026-06-23 RMS software (amend) 5667471.0 approve a first amendment to the Master Software and Services Agreement and related service schedules with Versaterm Public Safety US, Inc of Delaware (C2025-285), in the amount of approximately $5,667,471, for a new contract total of approximately $13,272,463, for the acquisition, implementation, and annual subscription of a Records Management System (RMS), for a ten-year (10) period beginning December 3, 2025, and ending December 31, 2035. https://torrance.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=8&clip_id=14732 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-torrance/#m209566 sv:rms:versaterm estimated 1 0 0 CA
4230 4230 Versaterm San Mateo County CA 2018-11-06 CAD/RMS software licenses (approve contract) 3578629.0 The execution of an agreement with Versaterm, Ottawa, Canada, for proprietary software (licenses) and services related to the purchase of new Computer-Aided-Dispatch and Mobile Client software, for the term November 6, 2018 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $3,578,629; http://sanmateocounty.legistar1.com/sanmateocounty/meetings/2018/11/1011_M_BOARD_OF_SUPERVISORS_18-11-06_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sanmateocounty/#m546206 sv:rms:versaterm ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4306 4306 Versaterm Bakersfield CA 2026-02-11 RMS/CAD software (renew) 600000.0 (not to exceed $600,000), for software, support and maintenance services for Versaterm’s Records Management System (RMS) and Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD). https://pub-bakersfield.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=318ddffa-cf91-487d-a0f6-f0745ab57b31&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-bakersfield/#m207699 sv:rms:versaterm ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4233 4233 Versaterm Fresno County CA 2026-01-27 professional software (approve retroactive agreement) 250600.0 approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Versaterm Public Safety US, Inc. for professional software, effective December 1, 2025, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $250,600 https://fresnocounty.legistar1.com/fresnocounty/meetings/2026/1/10039_M_Board_of_Supervisors_26-01-27_Action_Summary.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/fresnocounty/#m543316 sv:rms:versaterm ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4307 4307 Versaterm Bakersfield CA 2026-04-22 online public portal software (approve contract) 165000.0 Agreement with Versaterm Public Safety US, Inc. (not to exceed $165,000) https://pub-bakersfield.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=55db043d-16d2-464b-b299-ca9de89bf725&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/pub-bakersfield/#m207658 sv:rms:versaterm ceiling 1 0 0 CA
4231 4231 Versaterm San Mateo County CA 2020-11-17 CAD system amendment (amend) 75047.0 Adopt a resolution authorizing a second amendment to the agreement with Versaterm, Inc., dated November 6, 2018, to increase the not-to-exceed amount by $75,047 to $3,814,356 for go-live delay costs and to correct a calculation error in the initial agreement for the Computer-Aided Dispatch system. https://sanmateocounty.legistar1.com/sanmateocounty/meetings/2020/11/1386_M_BOARD_OF_SUPERVISORS_20-11-17_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/sanmateocounty/2020/#m545886 sv:rms:versaterm 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);