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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15 rows where state = "MA" and vendor = "Axon" 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
196 196 Axon Methuen MA 2025-12-01 bundle/OSP 1179176.8 Axon Enterprise, Inc., 17800 N. 85 th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 for Police Department Body Cameras & Tasers in the Amount of $1,179,176.80 https://www.methuen.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12012025-972 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/methuen.gov/2025/#m1224017 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
348 348 Axon Nantucket County MA 2022-09-21 body cameras 494100.0 AXON Enterprises Inc. $494,100 Purchase of body cameras, police vehicle cameras and replacement electronic control weapons with integrated cameras https://nantucketma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=22820,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/nantucketma/2022/#m718488 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
690 690 Axon Chicopee MA 2024-07-02 other 118775.0 peration costs, and for the Police Department in the amount of $118,775.00 for the purchase and 3 years of service for the Police Axon Virtual Reality Training System. https://www.chicopeema.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07022024-2373 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/chicopeema.gov/2024/#m1229165 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
729 729 Axon Southborough MA 2026-06-29 other 105000.0 Approved $105,000 purchase of Axon drone using FY26 Police budget funds (3-2-0) https://www.southboroughtown.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06292026-6860 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/southboroughtown.com/#m35677 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
751 751 Axon Somerset MA 2023-10-11 Tasers 100000.0 A motion to appropriate $100,000 of ARPA Funds to the Police Department to Purchase the Axon Taser program. https://www.townofsomerset.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10112023-391 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/townofsomerset.org/2023/#m1065121 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
866 866 Axon Clinton MA 2025-04-01 Tasers 70000.0 The request is $70,000 to be used to purchase the new Tasers and the support equipment along with training; https://www.clintonma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04012025-2077 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/clintonma.gov/2025/#m1154752 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
886 886 Axon Dartmouth MA 2025-06-03 Tasers 65867.0 Funding for police Axon Tasers and truck vaults ($65,867) https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06032025-4963 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/town.dartmouth.ma.us/2025/#m538971 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
976 976 Axon Essex MA 2024-06-10 Tasers 48738.0 Ratify the Board’s award of a contract to Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the provision of new tasers for the Police Department in the amount of $48,738.00. https://www.essexma.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102024-454 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/essexma.org/2024/#m1179950 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1033 1033 Axon Dartmouth MA 2026-06-02 Tasers 37560.0 Dartmouth Police Department Axon Tasers (20) $37,560 Surplus Revenue https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06022026-5664 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/town.dartmouth.ma.us/#m26015 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1047 1047 Axon Dartmouth MA 2025-06-03 Tasers 36115.0 Dartmouth Police Department Axon Tasers (20) $36,115 Surplus Revenue https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06032025-4963 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/town.dartmouth.ma.us/2025/#m538971 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1055 1055 Axon Nantucket County MA 2022-12-14 Fleet ALPR 35280.0 Add $35,280 to original contract amount of $494,100 for new contract total $529,380 Add license plate recognition (LPR) technology to police vehicles https://nantucketma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=22913,plainText=false) https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/nantucketma/2022/#m718766 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1082 1082 Axon Erving MA 2026-03-23 Tasers 31856.4 Approved engagement of Axon Enterprises for taser procurement, up to $31,856.40 for 5 years, authorize Chief of Police to sign (unanimous) https://erving-ma.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03232026-404 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/erving-ma.org/#m1134991 axon ceiling 1 0 0 MA
1257 1257 Axon Boxborough MA 2023-11-06 other 11520.0 Police Axon Enterprise Inc. 6/1/22 $11,520.00 https://www.boxborough-ma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11062023-3689 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/boxborough-ma.gov/2023/#m1095053 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1364 1364 Axon Webster MA 2025-10-20 Supplies & Materials 4025.0 $ 4,025.00 | Axon Enterprise 0121052-558003 Supplies & Materials https://www.webster-ma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10202025-4039 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/webster-ma.gov/2025/#m1172772 axon stated 1 0 0 MA
1414 1414 Axon Sunderland MA 2025-11-10 other 1347.9 will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds or otherwise provide for $1347.90 to pay a prior year bill to Axon Enterprise Inc., a bill of prior years to Police Service, or take any vote or votes in relation thereto. https://www.townofsunderland.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11102025-153 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/townofsunderland.us/2025/#m1265808 axon stated 1 0 0 MA

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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);