Rousseau, John v. Lunenburg, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20140635)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords November 20,2014 SPR14/635 Mr. Jeffrey Thibodeau, Detective Lunenburg Police Department 655 Massachusetts Avenue Lunenburg, MA 01462 Dear Detective Thibodeau: I have received the petition of John Rousseau appealing the nonresponse of the Lunenburg Police Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(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 forms tracl<:i1cg a specific individual. 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 ofthe 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 com;Jly with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of Sub::;cquent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you provided a written response to the request. Whereas the Department has provided a writte response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. cc: l Rousseau OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre