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Meridian Rapid Defense Group LLC

Vendor code V00000979055 · investigation view
Total paid (in snapshot)
$671,014
3 checks across 2 fund types
Cadence
Apr 22, 2025Apr 27, 2026
≈ a check every 185 days (the “drip”)
Traceable to a contract/agreement
$671,014
Direct / untraceable
$0 (0%)

Formal procurement records

No currently-active master agreement in the city’s Active Contracts dataset names this vendor. That’s common and doesn’t mean the money is untracked — large payments are often made via delivery orders under a master agreement that has since expired (the city only publishes active ones), by a joint-venture / related legal entity different from the contracting firm, or they’re a transfer, debt-service, grant, or direct disbursement with no procurement contract at all. To chase the scope, search Austin Finance Online Contracts and the Council records for “Meridian Rapid Defense Group LLC” using the links below.

How the City books these payments

The City department & division that cut these checks — this is why one vendor can show up under several programs and funds (each program on the Overview is a department).

DepartmentDivisionAmount · checks
PoliceMiscellaneous$423,394 · 1
PoliceNeighborhood-Based Policing$247,620 · 2

Verify at the source

Reading the source-doc column below: a CT number is a contract (it links straight to the contract record). A DO (delivery order) is an internal payment reference against a master agreement — those numbers are not searchable in the solicitations portal, so to find the scope, search Austin Finance Online by vendor name (“Meridian Rapid Defense Group LLC”) under Contracts, or use the Council-records search above.

General Fund$247,620 · 2 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Apr 27, 2026$134,985General FundVehicle Safety Systems: Collision Avoidance and Impact SensiPolice › Neighborhood-Based PolicingCT 26030600151
Jun 27, 2025$112,635General FundVehicle Safety Systems: Collision Avoidance and Impact SensiPolice › Neighborhood-Based PolicingCT 25030400227

Grants (federal/state)$423,394 · 1 check

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Apr 22, 2025$423,394Police Federal Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture FundVehicle Safety Systems: Collision Avoidance and Impact SensiPolice › MiscellaneousCT 25013000181

Scope: checks in the current snapshot (2026-07-28) at or above the snapshot’s minimum size. For this vendor’s complete payment history, use the raw checkbook feed linked above.