Rousseau, John v. Paxton, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20140634)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords November 10, 2014 SPR14/634 Mr. Robert Desrosiers, Chief Paxton Police Department 576 Pleasant Street Paxton, MA 01612 Dear Chief Desrosiers: I have received the petition of John Rousseau appealing the nonresponse of the Paxton Police Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1 O(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 or any other form that tracks 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, § 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, ou informed this office that a response had been provided. This was confirmed by letter from r. Rousseau to this office dated November 7, 2014. Whereas the Department has ide consider this administrative appeal closed. s, 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