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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8 rows where state = "FL" 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
3722 3722 CentralSquare Delray Beach FL 2024-12-17 public safety software (approve contract) 4649908.0 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL SQUARE TECHNOLOGIES LLC FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SOFTWARE THROUGH CITY STANDARD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,649,908.02 https://delraybeach.legistar1.com/delraybeach/meetings/2024/12/4051_A_City_Commission_24-12-17_Regular_Commission_Meeting.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/delraybeach/2024/#m275521 sv:rms:centralsquare ceiling 1 0 0 FL
3867 3867 CentralSquare Largo FL 2026-07-07 CAD/RMS software (purchase) 248000.0 Authorization To Purchase Continued Licensing And Technical Support Services For The Police Department's CAD/RMS (Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System) For A One-Year Period From Central Square Technologies In The Estimated Amount Of $248,000 https://largo.civicweb.net/document/338769/City%20Commission%20-%2007%20Jul%202026.pdf?handle=992DAF81A8EA4307803DBC7780115435 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/largo/#m41265 sv:rms:centralsquare estimated 1 0 0 FL
3731 3731 CentralSquare Clearwater FL 2024-09-04 software support renewal (renew) 236153.0 Approve a purchase order and renewal agreement to TriTech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company, for the renewal of TriTech Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $236,153.25 from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2024/9/2856_A_City_Council_24-09-04_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2024/#m260893 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 FL
3732 3732 CentralSquare Clearwater FL 2024-09-03 software support renewal (renew) 236153.0 Approve a purchase order and renewal agreement to TriTech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company, for the renewal of TriTech Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $236,153.25 from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Impractical, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2024/9/2825_A_Council_Work_Session_24-09-03_Work_Session_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2024/#m260892 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 2 0 0 FL
3733 3733 CentralSquare Clearwater FL 2023-09-21 software support renewal (renew) 224952.0 Approve a purchase order and agreement to TriTech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company, for the renewal of TriTech Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $224,952.38 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-competitive purchases - impractical to bid, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2023/9/2461_A_City_Council_23-09-21_Meeting_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2023/#m260755 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 1 0 0 FL
3734 3734 CentralSquare Clearwater FL 2023-09-18 software support renewal (renew) 224952.0 Approve a purchase order and agreement to TriTech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company, for the renewal of TriTech Software Support and Maintenance in the amount of $224,952.38 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, pursuant to Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.563(1)(d), Non-competitive purchases - impractical to bid, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. https://legistar2.granicus.com/clearwater/meetings/2023/9/2460_A_Council_Work_Session_23-09-18_Work_Session_Agenda.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clearwater/2023/#m260753 sv:rms:centralsquare stated 2 0 0 FL
3747 3747 CentralSquare North Port FL 2021-11-23 maintenance (approve sole source procurement) 180750.0 Approve Sole Source Procurement of Annual Maintenance from Central Square Technologies, LLC in the Estimated Cost Amount of $180,750.76 with a Contingency Amount of $10,000.00. https://legistar2.granicus.com/cityofnorthport/meetings/2021/11/2215_M_City_Commission_Regular_Meeting_21-11-23_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnorthport/2021/#m255760 sv:rms:centralsquare estimated 1 0 0 FL
3748 3748 CentralSquare North Port FL 2021-01-12 software maintenance (approve sole source procurement) 180750.0 Approve the Sole Source Procurement of Annual Maintenance of Software from Central Square Technologies, LLC in the estimated cost amount of $180,750.76 with a contingency amount of $10,000.00 https://legistar2.granicus.com/cityofnorthport/meetings/2021/1/2148_M_City_Commission_Regular_Meeting_21-01-12_Meeting_Minutes.pdf https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/cityofnorthport/2021/#m255514 sv:rms:centralsquare estimated 1 0 0 FL

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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);