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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6 rows where state = "NH" 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
544 544 Axon Laconia NH 2023-06-05 other 200000.0 This provided the department the funds to acquire axon virtual reality training equipment. https://www.laconianh.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06052023-2077 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/laconianh.gov/2023/#m1126310 axon stated 1 0 0 NH
615 615 Axon Laconia NH 2025-01-27 Evidence.com 150000.0 The cost is $150,000/yr for the software. https://www.laconianh.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01272025-2628 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/laconianh.gov/2025/#m1126435 axon stated 1 0 0 NH
756 756 Axon Hampstead NH 2024-12-23 Tasers 99990.0 at a cost of $99,990 and using the CIP funds for it. The Selectmen did approve the purchase at a previous meeting. He noted that Axon is the company they use for the tasers they currently have and that they are proprietary to the their tasers. https://www.hampsteadnh.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12232024-69 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/hampsteadnh.us/#m1456110 axon stated 1 0 0 NH
1141 1141 Axon Gilmanton NH 2025-12-15 Tasers 24991.2 PO – Police Department – Axon Enterprise, Inc., $24,991.20, Taser 7 Bundles (T7 handle, battery, holster, dock, ecom license, target & frame, cartridges). https://www.gilmantonnh.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12152025-36 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gilmantonnh.org/2025/#m1256086 axon stated 1 0 0 NH
1174 1174 Axon Deering NH 2025-01-07 body cameras 21362.24 The Board briefly discussed the invoice from Axon which covers 5 years for the Police body cameras and totals $21,362.24. https://www.deering.nh.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_01072025-204 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/deering.nh.us/2025/#m1345614 axon stated 1 0 0 NH
1235 1235 Axon Laconia NH 2024-03-06 Tasers 14000.0 We will be transitioning to the new taser version and undergoing instructor training by AXON this month and then the department will be trained on the conversion. https://www.laconianh.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03062024-2326 https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/laconianh.gov/2024/#m1126733 axon stated 1 0 0 NH

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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);