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Documents show scope of Asheville's concealed evidence-room audit
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This Source Verification Page documents a supplemental news article published by Carolina Public Press that examines court records and public documents related to the Blueline Systems audit of the Asheville Police Department evidence room. The article explains the contractual authority permitting portions of the audit to be withheld from public release and provides additional context regarding the District Attorney's request to redact information that could affect criminal investigations or prosecutions. It supplements the underlying affidavit and audit materials relied upon in Statement of Facts C.
Related SMAR Citation
“District Attorney Ron Moore to "excise information that could jeopardize criminal investigations or prosecutions"”
Source Name
Documents show scope of Asheville's concealed evidence-room audit
Author(s)
Jon Elliston
Publication
Carolina Public Press
Publication Date
April 23, 2012
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Documents show scope of Asheville's concealed evidence-room audit
Source Location
Carolina Public Press
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1 - 5
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 22, Paragraph: 36
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May's allegation that the contract governing the Blueline Systems audit granted District Attorney Ron
Moore authority to excise, redact, withhold, or remove information from the final audit report when
disclosure could jeopardize criminal investigations or prosecutions. The Carolina Public Press article is
cited to document reporting on the audit contract and related records, which described the scope of
the audit and the District Attorney's authority over the release of audit findings. May relies upon this
information to support his claim that portions of the audit may have been withheld from public
disclosure and that the absence of publicly available findings does not necessarily establish that no
additional deficiencies were identified during the audit process.
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