Marthews, Alex v. Director, Office of Media Relations (SPR 20140435)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords September 18, 2014 SPR14/435 Mr. Peter M. Geraghty, Esq. City of Boston - Police Department Office of the Legal Advisor One Schroeder Plaza Boston, MA 02120 Dear Attorney Geraghty: I have received the petition of Alex Marthews appealing the nonresponse of the Boston Police Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Marthews requested copies of records relative to the Boston Regional Intelligence Center. Having received no response, Mr. Marthews petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (10) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The Department is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you agreed to provide a written response to the request. You provided a copy of that response, dated September 10, 2014, to a member of my staff. Whereas the Department provided a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Marthews may appeal any subseq nt response made by the Department within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 3208(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Alex Marthews OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre