Rousseau, John v. Bolton, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20140549)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 21, 2014 SPR14/549 Mr. Vincent C. Alfano, Chief Bolton Police Department 15 Washington Hill Road Bolton, MA 01740 Dear Chief Alfano: I have received the petition of John Rousseau appealing the nonresponse of the Bolton 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. Rousseau requested master card information, master index information, master sheet information, rap sheet and any other form that tracked his history with your Department. Having received no response, Mr. Rousseau 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 (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(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, an employee of your Department stated that a response was mailed to Mr. Rousseau on September 24, 2014. Furthermore, in an October 13, 2014letter Mr. Rousseau informed this office that he has received a satisfactory response to his request. AccordinglY! I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. John D. Rousseau OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre