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 state = "CO" and vendor = "Securus Technologies" 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
3687 3687 Securus Technologies Denver CO 2025-04-01 telecom management (approves contract) 2006780.0 Approves a contract with Securus Technologies, LLC for $2,006,780.00 and for five years with an end date of 03-15-2030 to provide telecommunications management at the City’s detention facilities, citywide (TECHS-202577792-00). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2025/4/9453_A_Mayor-Council_25-04-01_Mayor-Council_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2025/#m278170 sv:jail:securus stated 1 0 0 CO
3688 3688 Securus Technologies Denver CO 2025-03-25 telecom management (approve contract) 2006780.0 Approves a contract with Securus Technologies, LLC for $2,006,780.00 and for five years with an end date of 03-15-2030 to provide telecommunications management at the City’s detention facilities, citywide (TECHS-202577792-00). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2025/3/9434_M_Finance___Governance_Committee_25-03-25_Committee_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2025/#m278161 sv:jail:securus stated 2 0 0 CO
3706 3706 Securus Technologies Denver CO 2023-06-28 inmate video/tablet services (amend) 233378.0 Amends a contract with Securus Technologies, LLC. by adding $233,378 for a new total of $2,032,000 and one year for a new end date of 8-31-2024 to continue providing services including video visitation and tablets which allow inmates free access to legal research and library materials, educational, programmatic and religious resources, and e-messaging, citywide (SHERF-201734866-03, SHERF-202367059-03). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2023/6/8348_M_Safety%2C_Housing%2C_Education___Homelessness_Committee_23-06-28_Committee_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2023/#m277422 sv:jail:securus stated 1 0 0 CO
3695 3695 Securus Technologies Denver CO 2024-09-30 video visitation tablets (amend contract) 210000.0 Amends a contract with Securus Technologies LLC. by adding $210,000 for a new total of $2,242,000 and 7 months for a new ending date of 3-31-2025 to continue providing onsite and remote video visitations, and tablets for individuals in custody at the Downtown Detention Center and the Denver County Jail during the transition to a new vendor, citywide (SHEF-202475066-05/201734866). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2024/9/9140_M_City_Council_24-09-30_Council_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2024/#m277960 sv:jail:securus stated 1 0 0 CO
3696 3696 Securus Technologies Denver CO 2024-09-25 video visitation & tablets (amend) 210000.0 Amends a contract with Securus Technologies LLC. by adding $210,000 for a new total of $2,242,000 and 7 months for a new ending date of 3-31-2025 to continue providing onsite and remote video visitations, and tablets for individuals in custody at the Downtown Detention Center and the Denver County Jail during the transition to a new vendor, citywide (SHEF-202475066-05/201734866). https://denver.legistar1.com/denver/meetings/2024/9/9131_M_Safety%2C_Housing%2C_Education___Homelessness_Committee_24-09-25_Committee_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/denver/2024/#m277956 sv:jail:securus stated 2 0 0 CO

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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);