Knox County audit-report confidentiality review
Review date: July 29, 2026 · Layer: TCA 10-7-504 confidentiality · risk 72/100
Bottom line
Bottom line: reviewed “Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05” against “TCA 10-7-504 confidentiality”. 4 passage(s) flagged for human verification with locators and layer citations where available.
This is an issue-spotting review for human verification — not a court ruling or formal legal opinion. Confirm each locator and citation against the source before acting.
Highest-priority passages
1. Insufficient source coverage — high concern
Source: Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05
Locator: Analyzed ~490 characters
highCoverageThe extracted target text is short, so omissions may be overstated and citation quality will be limited.
Why this is concerning:
- Human verification needs a fuller source document or OCR for image-only PDFs.
Recommended action: Provide a fuller document and re-run the scan against your compliance layer.
2. Unmonitored / camera-coverage detail in Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05 — high concern
Source: Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05
Locator: approx. character offset 197 — search target for “camera”
highStatutory riskThe target discusses camera, unmonitored, monitoring in a way that may disclose exploitable security or access detail.
Evidence from target: nts that lack continuous monitoring and camera visibility. Official personnel files are kept in this area. An unmonitored side door near the records room can be used after hours without camera coverag
Why this is concerning:
- Publishing where cameras are absent or ineffective can identify an operational vulnerability.
- It may fit Section 10-7-504(i)(1) (and related subsections in the compliance layer): information identifying an operational vulnerability or usable to gain unauthorized access.
- A human should verify the exact page/lines before redacting or leaving the passage public.
Citations to verify:
- Section 10-7-504(i)(1)
Recommended action: Replace the public copy with a version that removes the location, camera-coverage, access-method, or storage-arrangement details as applicable. Prefer narrow redaction over withholding the entire otherwise-public document when the layer so provides.
3. Physical access / entry-point detail in Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05 — high concern
Source: Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05
Locator: approx. character offset 148 — search target for “entry”
highStatutory riskThe target discusses entry, access-control, side door, records room in a way that may disclose exploitable security or access detail.
Evidence from target: control arrangement identifies specific entry points that lack continuous monitoring and camera visibility. Official personnel files are kept in this area. An unmonitored side door near the records ro
Why this is concerning:
- Identifying specific entry points or access arrangements may help unauthorized access.
- It may fit Section 10-7-504(i)(1) (and related subsections in the compliance layer): information identifying an operational vulnerability or usable to gain unauthorized access.
- A human should verify the exact page/lines before redacting or leaving the passage public.
Citations to verify:
- Section 10-7-504(i)(1)
Recommended action: Replace the public copy with a version that removes the location, camera-coverage, access-method, or storage-arrangement details as applicable. Prefer narrow redaction over withholding the entire otherwise-public document when the layer so provides.
4. Sensitive records / evidence storage detail in Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05 — high concern
Source: Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05
Locator: approx. character offset 225 — search target for “personnel files”
highStatutory riskThe target discusses personnel files, narcotics, evidence in a way that may disclose exploitable security or access detail.
Evidence from target: itoring and camera visibility. Official personnel files are kept in this area. An unmonitored side door near the records room can be used after hours without camera coverage. Page 14 notes cameras th
Why this is concerning:
- Locating confidential records or evidence relative to a weakness raises confidentiality risk.
- It may fit Section 10-7-504(i)(1) (and related subsections in the compliance layer): information identifying an operational vulnerability or usable to gain unauthorized access.
- A human should verify the exact page/lines before redacting or leaving the passage public.
Citations to verify:
- Section 10-7-504(i)(1)
Recommended action: Replace the public copy with a version that removes the location, camera-coverage, access-method, or storage-arrangement details as applicable. Prefer narrow redaction over withholding the entire otherwise-public document when the layer so provides.
Important statutory distinctions
- Section 10-7-504(i)(1) — confirm exact text in the compliance layer before relying on this automated screen.
Scope and limits
- Automated heuristic screen only — AI Gateway was unavailable.
- Image-only or truncated sources need OCR / full-text human review.
- This is issue-spotting support, not a formal legal opinion.
Suggested remediation workflow
- Review flagged passages with counsel.
- Verify each locator and citation against the source PDF / page / charter.
- Apply narrow redactions or conforming edits.
- Re-scan after remediation.
Sources
- TCA 10-7-504 confidentiality
- Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05
- Section 10-7-504(i)(1)
Source excerpt analyzed
Final Audit Report FY26-PA-05 KCSO Employees Merit System audit Page 15 — Access control The office access-control arrangement identifies specific entry points that lack continuous monitoring and camera visibility. Official personnel files are kept in this area. An unmonitored side door near the records room can be used after hours without camera coverage. Page 14 notes cameras that were not functioning correctly and lacked evidence of current recording near seized narcotics storage.