Rousseau, John v. West Boylston, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20140550)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 21, 2014 SPR14/550 Mr. Dennis W. Minnich, Sr., Chief West Boylston Police Department 39 Worcester Street West Boylston, MA 01583 Dear Chief Minnich: I have received the petition of John Rousseau appealing the nonresponse of the West Boylston 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 all other records that track 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 (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 a telephone conversation between you and a member of my staff, you provided a written response. This was confirmed in a letter from you to my office dated October 10, 2014. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative ap eal closed. Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. John Rousseau OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre